MFC General: How do I change the font of a control?

[Andreas Masur]

Q: How do I change the font of a control?

A: The following is an example how to change the font for a static control...the example is a dialog-based application which does not matter regarding the setting of the font itself...

// Dialog.hpp
class CYourDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
  ~CYourDlg() { m_Font.DeleteObject(); }
  ...

private:
  CFont m_Font;
};

// Dialog.cpp
BOOL CYourDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
  CDialog::OnInitDialog();

  // Creates a 12-point-Courier-font
  m_Font.CreatePointFont(120, _T("Courier"));

  // With a member variable associated to the static control
  m_MyStatic.SetFont(&m_Font);

  // Without a member variable
  GetDlgItem(IDC_MY_STATIC)->SetFont(&m_Font);
}

The font itself can be created in many ways...the only important thing is that the font object itself exists as long as the control...in other words....keep it as a member of the control or surrounding dialog....

// First way
CFont Font;

Font.CreateFont(12,                            // Height
                0,                             // Width
                0,                             // Escapement
                0,                             // Orientation
                FW_BOLD,                       // Weight
                FALSE,                         // Italic
                TRUE,                          // Underline
                0,                             // StrikeOut
                ANSI_CHARSET,                  // CharSet
                OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,            // OutPrecision
                CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS,           // ClipPrecision
                DEFAULT_QUALITY,               // Quality
                DEFAULT_PITCH | FF_SWISS,      // PitchAndFamily
                "Arial"));                     // Facename



// Second way
CFont   Font;
LOGFONT lfLogFont;

memset(&lfLogFont, 0, sizeof(lfLogFont));

lfLogFont.lfHeight    = 12;                    // 12-pixel-height
lfLogFont.lfWeight    = FW_BOLD;               // Bold
lfLogFont.lfUnderline = TRUE;                  // Underlined

strcpy(lfLogFont.lfFaceName, "Arial");         // Arial

Font.CreateFontIndirect(&lfLogFont);



// Third way
CFont   Font;
LOGFONT lfLogFont;

memset(&lfLogFont, 0, sizeof(lfLogFont));

lfLogFont.lfHeight    = 120;                   // 12-pixel-height
lfLogFont.lfWeight    = FW_BOLD;               // Bold
lfLogFont.lfUnderline = TRUE;                  // Underlined

strcpy(lfLogFont.lfFaceName, "Arial");         // Arial

Font.CreatePointFontIndirect(&lfLogFont);