<pitch> (Font Pitch)

This element specifies the font pitch of the current font. This information may be used as defined in font substitution logic to locate an appropriate substitute font when this font is not available. This information is determined by querying the font when present and shall not be modified when the font is not available.

If this element is omitted, then its value shall be assumed to be default.

example: 
<w:font w:name="Courier New">
  <w:pitch w:val="fixed" />
  …
</w:font>

The <pitch> element specifies via its @val attribute value of fixed that this is a fixed width font. ]

Parent Elements

<font> (§2.8.2.10)

Attributes

Description

<val> (Value)

Specifies the font pitch for the font.

<w:pitch w:val="variable" />

The @val attribute value of variable specifies that this is a variable width font. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_Pitch simple type (§2.18.73).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Pitch">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_Pitch" use="required"/>
</complexType>