John R. Culleton wrote:
> On Monday 08 August 2005 07:59, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> Vit Zyka wrote:
>>> John R. Culleton wrote:
>>>> I am using the flowchart module to create various goodies. What
>>>> I don't know how to do is regulate the size of the font for the
>>>> text that goes inside the little boxes. Any suggestions?
>>> I do not known any other way but put the size/style together with text:
>>>
>>> \startFLOWcell
>>>   \name{Obs}
>>>   \location{1,1}
>>>   \shape{action}
>>>   \text{{\switchtobodyfont[16pt]\bf Text in cell}}
>>> \stopFLOWcell
>>>
>>> If you want to be consistent over several cells, define a macro.
>>> vit
>> in m-chart you will find:
>>
>> \setupFLOWcharts
>>   [\c!option=,
>>    \c!bodyfont=,
>>    \c!dot=,  % private option
>>    \c!width=12\bodyfontsize,
>>    \c!height=7\bodyfontsize,
>>    \c!maxwidth=,
>>    \c!maxheight=,
>>    \c!offset=\v!standard, % == auto offset
>>    \c!dx=2\bodyfontsize,
>>    \c!dy=2\bodyfontsize,
>>    \c!nx=0, % 1,
>>    \c!ny=0, % 1,
>>    \c!x=1,
>>    \c!y=1,
>>    \c!autofocus=,
>>    \c!focus=,
>>    \c!background=,      % \v!color,
>>    \c!backgroundcolor=\s!white,
>>    \c!rulethickness=\linewidth,
>>    \c!frame=\v!off,
>>    \c!framecolor=]
>>
>> \setupFLOWlines
>>   [\c!corner=\v!round,
>>    \c!arrow=\v!yes,
>>    \c!dash=\v!no,
>>    \c!radius=.375\bodyfontsize,      % 2.5\c!rulethickness
>>    \c!color=FLOWlinecolor,
>>    \c!rulethickness=.15\bodyfontsize,  % 2pt,
>>    \c!offset=\v!none]
>>
>> \setupFLOWshapes
>>   [\c!default=action,
>>    \c!framecolor=FLOWframecolor,
>>    \c!background=\v!color,
>>    \c!backgroundcolor=FLOWbackgroundcolor,
>>    \c!backgroundscreen=\@@rsscreen,
>>    \c!rulethickness=.15\bodyfontsize,  % 2pt,
>>    \c!offset=.5\bodyfontsize]
>>
>> \setupFLOWfocus
>>   [\c!framecolor=FLOWfocuscolor,
>>    \c!background=\@@FLOSbackground,
>>    \c!backgroundcolor=\@@FLOSbackgroundcolor,
>>    \c!backgroundscreen=\@@FLOSbackgroundscreen,
>>    \c!rulethickness=\@@FLOSrulethickness,
>>    \c!offset=\@@FLOSoffset]
>>
>> \definecolor [FLOWfocuscolor]      [s=.2]
>> \definecolor [FLOWlinecolor]       [s=.5]
>> \definecolor [FLOWframecolor]      [s=.7]
>> \definecolor [FLOWbackgroundcolor] [s=.9]
>>
>> so guess ... what variable can be used to set the bodyfont
>>
>> Hans
> 
> Revisiting this question after an absence I tried redefining
> various values from the above list within \setupFLOWcharts. None
> worked.  No doubt there is a magic combination I missed. But more
> than one user has been perplexed by this. 
> 
> You know I never did figure out the answer to this one. And
> factors such as \tfd were still too small. So I used the 

John, I guess you have

   maxwidth=\textwidth

and your natural chart is wider then \textwidth, is't it?
What happens if you put away maxwidth?

Vit

> TeX primitive: 
> \font\cx=bchr8r at 10pt
>  external to any other macro
> and for each text string in the chart definition
> I used the \cx prefix. This was simple,
> controllable, and did not interact with anything else. And the
> font came out at the expected size. 
> 
> A better (more Contextish) solution is still requested. 

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