---
name: "Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libace-perl"
version: "1.92-12+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box"
---

# Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box(3pm)

The "box" glyph

## NAME

Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box - The "box" glyph

## SYNOPSIS

```
  See L<Ace::Graphics::Panel> and L<Ace::Graphics::Glyph>.
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is the most basic glyph.  It draws a filled box and optionally a label.

### OPTIONS

The following options are standard among all Glyphs.  See individual glyph pages for more options.

```
  Option      Description               Default
  ------      -----------               -------
  -fgcolor    Foreground color          black
  -outlinecolor                         black
              Synonym for -fgcolor
  -bgcolor    Background color          white
  -fillcolor  Interior color of filled  turquoise
              images
  -linewidth  Width of lines drawn by   1
                    glyph
  -height     Height of glyph           10
  -font       Glyph font                gdSmallFont
  -label      Whether to draw a label   false
```

## BUGS

Please report them.

## SEE ALSO

Ace::Sequence, Ace::Sequence::Feature, Ace::Graphics::Panel, Ace::Graphics::Track, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::anchored\_arrow, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::primers, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::segments, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::toomany, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::transcript,

## AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein \<lstein@cshl.org\>.

Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.