Re: Printing. How to make 11 pt come out...

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From: Chris Marriott
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:38

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In article <1993Jan8.144922.3697@cis.ohio-state.edu> guzman@python.cis.ohio-state.edu writes:

>....looking like 11 pt regardless of the device onto which you are rendering
> the
>text?? I have a program that uses TT fonts for output (due to their scalabi-
>lity), but I am having to *manually* adjust the font size -when I CreateFont
>for the DC- depending on the output device (screen, printer).
>
>I am obviously missing something here. What??
>
>Thanks all
>        Jon -- guzman@cis.ohio-state.edu
>

If you have a device context handle, hDC, you can get 11-point text by
saying:

    nHeight = 11*GetDeviceCaps( hDC, LOGPIXELSY )/72;

then creating a font that's "nHeight" pixels high.  That's the standard
method.

Chris
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