Canvas.fontstyle readwrite property
Get or set the current Canvas font style, a string value, which may be one of the following values :
"normal": The characters in a normal, or roman, font are upright."italic": The characters in an italic font are truly slanted and appear as they were designed."oblique": The characters in an oblique font are artificially slanted.
Example
local ui = require "ui"
require "canvas"
-- create a fixed Window
local win = ui.Window("Canvas:fontstyle() sample", "fixed", 320, 200)
-- create a Canvas
local canvas = ui.Canvas(win)
-- align the Canvas in all of its parent area
canvas.font = "Times New Roman"
canvas.fontsize = 37.5
canvas.fontstyle = "italic"
-- don't use onPaint() event, draw only once
canvas:begin()
canvas:print(canvas.font, 16, 70)
canvas:flip()
-- shows the Window
win:show()
ui.run(win):wait()