Pedigree Forge comes with a number of pre-defined chart “styles”, the term style being used to describe things like font, colours and text formatting. There are also different chart “modes” which are used to describe how a chart is built.
Chart styles are set from the “Style” drop-down box of the “Style” tab of the “Chart Properties” panel, whilst editing a chart:
The default style is “calligrapher” which is what we have used in our examples so far.
A few of the other styles are described and illustrated below:
Inspired by some of the charts often presented with family history books, with a “wordy” style, no colour, and justified text:
Similar to Antiquarian, but with an Old English Font title, as often used in printed “Visitations”:
A chart with a celtic inspired font:
A whimsical style inspired by monastic writing:
A more modern and plain style with a clear san-serif font:
Other styles are likely to be added in the future.
In addition to various styles, a set of “tinctures” can also be used to change certain colours used in many of the styles. Tincture is the term used in heraldry to describe colours used in coats of arms, and that tradition is carried forward using the historic names for these, as follows:
Also included are the “stains”:
If the built in chart styles don’t fit you needs, it is possible to create your own styles, using fonts and colours of your choosing.
First, ensure that the chart style is set to “custom”, on the “Style” tab of the “Chart Properties” panel:
The “Style” tab can then be used to choose fonts, sizes and colours, for various chart features:
Clicking on the font names will show the system font dialog to allow you to choose a font:
Clicking on one of the coloured squares will show the system colour dialog, to allow you to choose the colour:
