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Function name : CreateFont

Group: Font and Text - Library: gdi32

Creates a logical font with the specified characteristics. The logical font can subsequently be selected as the font for any device.

Code examples:

Printing text on the main VFP window
Creating a clipping region from the path selected into the device context of a form
Splash Screen for the VFP application
Using Common Controls: the Header Control
How to put a horizontal text scrolling on the form (a news line, marquee)
Printing text with the Escape function
Subclassing CommandButton control to create BackColor property
Vertical Label control
How to change the name and the size of the font in the MessageBox dialog
Placing On-screen Alert on top of all windows

Declaration:

HFONT CreateFont(
  int nHeight,               // height of font
  int nWidth,                // average character width
  int nEscapement,           // angle of escapement
  int nOrientation,          // base-line orientation angle
  int fnWeight,              // font weight
  DWORD fdwItalic,           // italic attribute option
  DWORD fdwUnderline,        // underline attribute option
  DWORD fdwStrikeOut,        // strikeout attribute option
  DWORD fdwCharSet,          // character set identifier
  DWORD fdwOutputPrecision,  // output precision
  DWORD fdwClipPrecision,    // clipping precision
  DWORD fdwQuality,          // output quality
  DWORD fdwPitchAndFamily,   // pitch and family
  LPCTSTR lpszFace           // typeface name
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER CreateFont IN gdi32;
	INTEGER nHeight,;
	INTEGER nWidth,;
	INTEGER nEscapement,;
	INTEGER nOrientation,;
	INTEGER fnWeight,;
	INTEGER fdwItalic,;
	INTEGER fdwUnderline,;
	INTEGER fdwStrikeOut,;
	INTEGER fdwCharSet,;
	INTEGER fdwOutputPrecision,;
	INTEGER fdwClipPrecision,;
	INTEGER fdwQuality,;
	INTEGER fdwPitchAndFamily,;
	STRING  lpszFace

Parameters:

nHeight [in] Specifies the height, in logical units, of the font"s character cell or character.

nWidth [in] Specifies the average width, in logical units, of characters in the requested font.

nEscapement [in] Specifies the angle, in tenths of degrees, between the escapement vector and the x-axis of the device.

nOrientation [in] Specifies the angle, in tenths of degrees, between each character"s base line and the x-axis of the device.

fnWeight [in] Specifies the weight of the font in the range 0 through 1000.

fdwItalic [in] Specifies an italic font if set to TRUE.

fdwUnderline [in] Specifies an underlined font if set to TRUE.

fdwStrikeOut [in] Specifies a strikeout font if set to TRUE.

fdwCharSet [in] Specifies the character set.

fdwOutputPrecision [in] Specifies the output precision.

fdwClipPrecision [in] Specifies the clipping precision.

fdwQuality [in] Specifies the output quality.

fdwPitchAndFamily [in] Specifies the pitch and family of the font.

lpszFace [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the typeface name of the font.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to a logical font. If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

Comments:

Created handle to the font can be passed to a device context using the SelectObject function. To delete a font use DeleteObject function, before your program ends.