>>>>i have a window open with font defined for the window- is it possible to have a portion of the text in that window appear in a different font?
>>>>tnx
>>>>k
>>>>

>>>>DEFINE WINDOW bm4b ;
>>>>FROM 24,76 TO 44,180;
>>>>FONT 'Arial Narrow ',7 ;
>>>>STYLE 'N' ; 
>>>>COLOR RGB (61,84,122,255,255,231)
>>>>

>>>
>>>How are you putting the text into the window?
>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>old school:
>>@12,5 say 'This is my text'
>
>The old school say command also has font clauses... don't remember the exact syntax, but try with the likely candidates... @xx,yy say "bla bla" font "Tahoma, 8, N" sounds about right.

thanks dragan - good thought actually - however all I get is change out of windoe defined font into default VFP font - I guess backwards compatibility will only take you so far backwards. not to worry worth the try though.