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Changing the appearance of text: colours and fonts

When you create a CCATSL window, you can specify an initial text and background colour; these can be changed at any time with the routine TextColoursCL. CCATSL also allows you to change the text font, with FontCL.

`TextColoursCL`

This routine changes the current text and background colours for a given window.

void TextColoursCL ( ColourCT tcol,

ColourCT bcol);

tcol The new text colour.

bcol The new background color.

`FontCL`

This routine changes the current font used in the current window.

   void FontCL ( char *fontname,

   int size,

   FontStyleCT style);

   fontname The name of the font, such as `Arial', `Times New Roman' or `Courier New'.

   size The point size required.

   style The desired style, see here for details.

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	`void FontCL (`	`char *fontname,`
		`int size,`
		`FontStyleCT style);`

	`fontname`		The name of the font, such as `Arial', `Times New Roman' or `Courier New'.
	`size`		The point size required.
	`style`		The desired style, see here for details.