openxlsx2 (version 1.9)

base_font-wb: Set the default font in a workbook

Description

Modify / get the default font for the workbook. This will alter the latin major and minor font in the workbooks theme.

Usage

wb_set_base_font(
  wb,
  font_size = 11,
  font_color = wb_color(theme = "1"),
  font_name = "Aptos Narrow",
  ...
)
wb_get_base_font(wb)

Arguments

wb

A workbook object

font_size

Font size

font_color

Font color

font_name

Name of a font

...

Additional arguments

Details

The font name is not validated in anyway. Spreadsheet software replaces unknown font names with system defaults.

The default base font is Aptos Narrow, black, size 11. If font_name differs from the name in wb_get_base_font(), the theme is updated to use the newly selected font name.

See Also

Other workbook styling functions: wb_add_dxfs_style(), wb_add_style(), wb_base_colors

Other workbook wrappers: col_widths-wb, creators-wb, grouping-wb, row_heights-wb, wb_add_chartsheet(), wb_add_data(), wb_add_data_table(), wb_add_formula(), wb_add_pivot_table(), wb_add_slicer(), wb_add_worksheet(), wb_base_colors, wb_clone_worksheet(), wb_copy_cells(), wb_freeze_pane(), wb_merge_cells(), wb_save(), wb_set_last_modified_by(), wb_workbook()

Examples

## create a workbook
wb <- wb_workbook(theme = "Office 2013 - 2022 Theme")
wb$add_worksheet("S1")
## modify base font to size 10 Aptos Narrow in red
wb$set_base_font(font_size = 10, font_color = wb_color("red"), font_name = "Aptos Narrow")

wb$add_data(x = iris)

## font color does not affect tables
wb$add_data_table(x = iris, dims = wb_dims(from_col = 10))

## get the base font
wb_get_base_font(wb)