Re: Character width in pixels

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From: danzer
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:30

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Renald Yazmir wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> Is it possible to set font that all characters have the same width in 
> pixels?
> 
> Currently with my settings all digits are 5 pixels, space and period are 4 
> pixels.
> 
> 
> 
> I am using GetTextExtentPoint32(..) to determine character width in pixels.
> 
> 
> 
> What parameter in LOGFONT needs to be set?
> 
> Any examples?
> 

You might want to examine the ExtTextOut function and in particular the 
lpDx argument.  Using the lpDx argument you can control the position of 
the characters regardless of the font used.

Danzer

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