family element

Represents the font family this font belongs to. A font family is a set of fonts having common stroke width and serif characteristics. There are five font families. A sixth family allows Word to use the default font.

Usage

      
<family
	val="fontFamilyType"
/>

    

Element Information

Element type fontFamilyProperty
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name XML Document 2003

Elements and Attributes

Parent Elements

Element Description
font Represents one of the fonts used in the document.

Child Elements

None.

Attributes

Attribute Type Required Description Possible Values
val fontFamilyType required Gets or sets the specified font family.
  • Decorative
  • Modern
  • Roman
  • Script
  • Swiss
  • Auto

Definition

      
<xsd:element name="family" type="fontFamilyProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" >
</xsd:element>


    
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