Setting a Font Presentation Parameter

There is one font presentation parameter, PP_FONTNAMESIZE, which is used to select the default font for a window. If this presentation parameter is attached to a window, the specified font is automatically selected as the default and is the one used when text-drawing PM functions are called (for example, WinDrawText and GpiCharStringAt).

The format of the font name string is as follows:

<point size>.<face name>(.<modifer>(.<modifier> ...

<point size>

is the point size of the font
<face name>
is the face name of the font
<modifier>
is one of the following:

• Bold
  
• Italic
  
• Underscore
  
• Outline
  
• Strikeout

Examples are "12.New Times Roman" and "10.Helvetica.Bold.Italic"

Note: Modifiers can be used to create a font with a combination of the listed attributes. Do not use modifiers if a true font of that type is already available. For example, use "10.Helvetica Bold" instead of "10.Helvetica.Bold."

   /*******************************************************************/
   /* Set the text font for the window                                */
   /*******************************************************************/

   szFont = "10.Helvetica Bold Italic";

   WinSetPresParam(hwndMain,                 /* window handle         */
                   PP_FONTNAMESIZE,          /* background pres param */
                   strlen(szFont) + 1,       /* length of pres param  */
                   szFont);                  /* pres param value      */

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