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<H2><B>set font</B></H2><P>
<code>set font <i>number</i></code>
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Selects the font for subsequent text operations, where:
<code>number=0...5</code>.<p>
<H3>Usage Note</H3>
<P>It is also possible to <a href="fontcontrol.html">override the  font  in a string of text by using the back quote character (`).  
</a>
<P>For information about how the Hershey font files are created, see <a href="font.html">font file format</a>.
<H3>Examples</H3><P>