Setting font for TextOut()?

[MrDoomMaster]

I've read MSDN on EnumFontFamilesEx(), and EnumFonts(), but it really makes no sense to me. They don't show you examples of how to change the font used by TextOut().

I want to set TextOut() to use a monospaced font, like "Courier New". Can someone paste a code example of how to do this? Avoid using callback functions if possible, I want this to be simple, small, clean code... if at all possible.

Thank you!

Also, what is the 'typeface name' of a font?

[hankdane]

Some simplified code that should get you started:

HFONT hfnt = CreateFontIndirect(&myFont);
HFONT hfntSav = NULL;

if (hfnt)
  hfntSav = SelectObject(hdc, hfnt);
//Draw text...
if (hfntSav)
{
  SelectObject(hdc, hfntSav);
  DeleteObject(hfnt);
}

"Courier New" would be the typeface name. You can enumerate the fonts installed on a system if you are in doubt about whether the font you want to use is available, or need a list for UI purposes. "Courier New" comes with the system and should be fairly safe to assume. Use FF_DONTCARE as the family.

[MrDoomMaster]

Is there a simplier process, a function that accepts a face name and creates an HFONT object from it?

I was told there is such a function, but this person couldn't remember what the name of the function was.

THank you!

[MrViggy]

Well, there is "CFont::CreatePointFont", however that is a member of the MFC class CFont.

I don't believe that there is a native WinAPI call that is equivelent to this. Sorry!

Viggy

[MrDoomMaster]

Thanks guys for the help!