FONTUTIL: Font-Handling Routines

FONTUTIL contains useful font-handling routines that make
it easier for an application to create and manipulate
fonts in Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) by taking care of most
of the tedious work.

The font utilities are primarily for applications that
need the relatively simplistic font model presented in the
ChooseFont common dialog box. ChooseFont deals with fonts
using four primary variables: typeface name, typeface
style, point size, and effects. ChooseFont also allows for
color selection, but the font-handling functions do not
currently support this feature.

The font-handling functions allow an application to create
and interrogate fonts in a manner that is consistent with
the ChooseFont model. For example, you can create a font
by using the ReallyCreateFont function and specifying the
typeface name, typeface style, and point size; you can
retrieve the typeface style of a font by using the
GetTextStyle function; and so on.

The font utility functions support Microsoft Windows
versions 3.0 and 3.1, and Windows NT(TM) version 3.1. You
can include the functions either in an application or in a
dynamic-link library (DLL).

FONTUTIL is a companion sample application for the "Font
Utilities--Some Handy-Dandy Font-Handling Functions"
technical article on the Microsoft Developer Network CD.

KEYWORDS: CD3
