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molten storm Dec 22, 2023, 4:26 PM

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It is possible to have #set text(18pt). The text function has many arguments. I would have expected that I have to use #set text(size: 18pt)

How does text know that I want to set the size?

swift forum Dec 22, 2023, 4:34 PM

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typst magic which knows "18pt" is a valid size argument so assigns it to size

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(also setting it explicitly also works)

molten storm Dec 22, 2023, 4:36 PM

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Hm, there are more arguments with type length so that it could be a valid value for at least another argument.

swift forum Dec 22, 2023, 4:37 PM

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yeah but it is set to use size, for any unspecified length args, just for convenience

molten storm Dec 22, 2023, 4:40 PM

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Ok, so there well defined conveniences for (I guess also other functions) calling text

swift forum Dec 22, 2023, 4:43 PM

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yes, though i don't know if they are listed somewhere

molten storm Dec 22, 2023, 5:22 PM

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Perhaps one can reason about them from the existing examples. Not sure, though.

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