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daveb@netcom.com (Dave Briccetti) writes:

>ddesroch@oracle.uucp (David DesRoches) writes:
>OK, so I've chosen this really cool OUTLINE font that I want to scale to say,
>32 points.  I compute the necessary character cell dimensions, call
>GpiSetCharBox() and GpiSetCharSet() to select my new logical font.
> 
>QUESTION: How do I get the metrics for this font AT THE SELECTED POINT SIZE?
>Calling GpiQueryFontMetrics() at this point returns the same metrics structure
>I got back from my initial font query, with metrics designed around a 12 point
>font or so.
>
>My only current idea is to compute the ratio of logical.lMaxBaselineExt to
>physical(base).lMaxBaselineExt and multiply the metrics by this ratio to
>scale them (ascent, descent, maxwidth) to the point size I'm using.  This
>seems bogus and prone to round-off error.
> 
>Am I missing something?

Alternatively, you could query *some* of the info via GpiQueryTextBox.
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