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Article #666Re: os/2 font programming
From: Michael Harris
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:03
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:03
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>In article <1992Apr4.1481.2497@dosgate> "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com> writes:
>I'd like to write an OS/2 utility that, among other things, can
>produce a printed report. The program is intended to operate
>from the command line. However, I'd like to incorporate ATM
>fonts directly into the printed report. Does this involve PM
>programming? Are there any books on the subject of OS/2 font
>programming (the Petzold book predates the inclusion of ATM fonts
>in OS/2 doesn't it?)? Thanks for the help.
To use ATM, you need PM. Drawing the fonts requires using Gpi Calls.
The neat thin about it though, is that you can write the code generically
enough to have it print to BOTH the screen and the printer with very
little effort.
______________________________________________________________________________
Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
Vice-President, Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NC State University
(My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!lll-winken!taco!garfield.catt.ncsu.edu!harris From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Subject: Re: os/2 font programming Message-ID: <harris.702975811@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> Date: 11 Apr 92 07:03:31 GMT References: <1992Apr4.1481.2497@dosgate> <1992Apr7.180559.25576@access.digex.com> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 20