how to get the font family

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Re: how to get the font family by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 11, 2012 at 12:50 UTC
"i am extracting the contents of microsoft excel using perl script." How? If you're using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel read the documentation section Font, Can SpreadSheet::ParseExcel::Font retrieve a cell's formatting? or search for further discussions. Consider reading and understanding How do I post a question effectively? and PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner.	[reply]
Re^2: how to get the font family by raaj (Acolyte) on Dec 12, 2012 at 05:04 UTC
where i am not using the spreadsheet instead am using the OLE to extract the contents of excel sheet.	[reply]
Re: how to get the font family by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2012 at 12:56 UTC
`[cpan://excel font]` excel font -> Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Font, http://search.cpan.org/grep?cpanid=JMCNAMARA&release=Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.59&string=font&i=1&n=1&C=0 `my $oFont = $oWkC->{Format}->{Font};` [download] So with the name you might be able to correlate families to http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/fonts.html#generic-font-families	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: how to get the font family by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2012 at 15:29 UTC
A font family is a font (e.g. Helvetica) and its variations such as bold, italic or oblique, or small-caps. So "Helvetica" is enough -- no need to refer to the CSS definition.	[reply]