{"id":26765,"date":"2024-03-16T07:17:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T07:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/detailed-explanation-of-the-createfontw-font-creation-function-in-vs2019-mfc\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:22:53","slug":"detailed-explanation-of-the-createfontw-font-creation-function-in-vs2019-mfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/detailed-explanation-of-the-createfontw-font-creation-function-in-vs2019-mfc\/","title":{"rendered":"Detailed explanation of the CreateFontW font creation function in VS2019 MFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CreateFontW function is a Windows API function used for creating fonts, and can also be used in MFC to create fonts. The detailed explanation of the function is as follows:<\/p>\n

Prototype of function:
\nHFONT CreateFontW(
\nint height,
\nint width,
\nint escapement,
\nint orientation,
\nint weight,
\nDWORD italic,
\nDWORD underline,
\nDWORD strikeOut,
\nDWORD charSet,
\nDWORD outputPrecision,
\nDWORD clipPrecision,
\nDWORD quality,
\nDWORD pitchAndFamily,
\nLPCWSTR faceName
\n);<\/p>\n

Interpretation of parameters:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. nHeight: The height of the font characters can be either a positive value for pixel height or a negative value for device unit height.<\/li>\n
  2. nWidth: The character width of the font can be a positive or negative value, with positive values indicating pixel width and negative values indicating device unit width. In most cases, setting it to 0 is sufficient.<\/li>\n
  3. The nEscapement parameter determines the italic angle of the font characters, with a default value of 0 representing no slant.<\/li>\n
  4. Orientation: The angle at which characters of the font are rotated (in increments of 0.1 degrees), with a default of 0 indicating no rotation.<\/li>\n
  5. FW_DONTCARE: Do not care about the thickness of the font.<\/li>\n
  6. FW_THIN: Thin font.<\/li>\n
  7. FW_NORMAL: Regular font.<\/li>\n
  8. FW_BOLD: bold text.<\/li>\n
  9. FW_BLACK: Black font.<\/li>\n
  10. Other customized font thickness options.<\/li>\n
  11. Incorrect: Do not use italics.<\/li>\n
  12. TRUE: Use italics.<\/li>\n
  13. FALSE: There are no underlines.<\/li>\n
  14. TRUE: There are underlines.<\/li>\n
  15. INCORRECT: There is no strikethrough.<\/li>\n
  16. TRUE: has a strikethrough.<\/li>\n
  17. ANSI_CHARSET: ANSI character set.<\/li>\n
  18. DEFAULT_CHARSET: the default character set.<\/li>\n
  19. Symbol character set: a set of symbols.<\/li>\n
  20. Other custom character sets.<\/li>\n
  21. Default precision.<\/li>\n
  22. String precision.<\/li>\n
  23. Character precision.<\/li>\n
  24. Pen stroke precision.<\/li>\n
  25. TrueType precision.<\/li>\n
  26. OUT_DEVICE_PRECIS: Device Precision.<\/li>\n
  27. Raster precision.<\/li>\n
  28. Precision using only TrueType fonts.<\/li>\n
  29. Outline precision.<\/li>\n
  30. CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS: Default cropping.<\/li>\n
  31. Clip character precisely.<\/li>\n
  32. Clip stroke trimming.<\/li>\n
  33. CLIP_MASK: Clipping mask.<\/li>\n
  34. CLIP_LH_ANGLES: crop the top left and bottom right corners.<\/li>\n
  35. Always clip TrueType fonts.<\/li>\n
  36. EMBEDDED CLIPPING: An embedded cut.<\/li>\n
  37. The default quality setting.<\/li>\n
  38. Draft quality: the quality of a rough draft.<\/li>\n
  39. PROOF_QUALITY: the quality of proofreading.<\/li>\n
  40. NONANTIALIASED_QUALITY: Quality without anti-aliasing.<\/li>\n
  41. Antialiased quality: high-quality edge smoothing.<\/li>\n
  42. fdwPitchAndFamily: The spacing and family of the font. The spacing can<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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