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Home >> Visual C++ / C++ >> Graphics & Multimedia >> GDI >> Font Handling and Detection


Font Handling and Detection

Font Handling and Detection



Tip: Detect if a Language Font is Installed (Such as East Asian)
Rating:
Wong Shao Voon - 10/12/2009
Check if any language (such as East Asian) is Installed on a user's computer.

[Updated] How to Use a Font Without Installing It
Rating:
Wong Shao Voon - 10/08/2009
How to use a font without installing it first on user systems.

[Updated] Outline Text, Part 1
Rating:
Wong Shao Voon - 10/08/2009
How to draw outlined text with GDI/GDI+.

Outline Text, Part 2
Rating:
Wong Shao Voon - 09/25/2009
Display outline text with a translucent shadow and display a cached outline text for video rendering.

Mould Text in Any Shape
Rating:
Sjaak Priester - 02/07/2006
Sometimes, putting text in a rectangular block may just be a little too straight. With the C++ class QEnvelopeText, you can mould a piece of body type in any shape.

Let Your Characters Dance and Wiggle
Rating:
Sjaak Priester - 10/24/2005
This versatile class arranges the characters of a text string along any curve.

Make GDI+ Less Finicky About Fonts
Rating:
Sjaak Priester - 09/23/2005
Windows GDI+ understands only half of the fonts out there. Use the QGraphicsText class to work with the other half.

Retrieving the Font Name from a TTF File
Rating: none
Philip Patrick - 05/28/2002
You can always get the font name of one of your installed fonts. But what if the font is still not installed in the system and you want to know its name programmatically?

Fonts Hot ComboBox
Rating: none
Alan Kelly - 01/19/2001
"Hot ComboBox" that dynamically loads and displays all fonts in the system (with each font name displayed in its own font)

Detecting the Display Font Size
Rating: none
chensu - 07/23/2000
Simple function to enable you to programmatically detect the user-selected font at runtime

Font Selector Combobox
Rating: none
Igo - 05/11/2000
Nifty little combobox control that lists all fonts on system and allows you to view each one's impact on test string

Automatic Font Handling Class
Rating: none
Jamie Nordmeyer - 05/01/2000
Wrapper class that greatly eases task of using fonts from within an application

Easy Way to Set the LOGFONT Structure
Rating: none
Mihai Filimon - 02/08/2000
Easy Way to Set the LOGFONT Structure