Choose Font
xcall MIAMEX, MX_GDICALC, MXGDI_SETFONT, handle, status, pointsz {,face, pitchfam, charset, weight, style, rotation, width}
Establishes the font to be used for the various CALCxxx operations to follow. All of the parameters below are the same as those used by the GDI printing directive SETFONT.
Parameter |
Type |
I/O |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
handle |
B,4 |
in |
Device context handle (from MXGDI_OPEN) |
status |
F6 |
out |
|
pointsz |
Num |
in |
Font height in tenths of points. |
face |
in |
Font face name. If not specified, the Windows default font face for the specified printer will be used. |
|
pitchfam |
Num |
in |
Font pitch and family characteristics. If not specified, will be determined by the natural characteristics of the font face. |
charset |
Num |
in |
Character set indicator. If not specified, the default character set for the font determined by the other parameters will be used. |
weight |
Num |
in |
Symbolic code for the desired weight of the font. If not specified, the default weight is used. |
style |
Num |
in |
Flags for italic (+1), underline (+2), and strikeout (+4) |
rotation |
Num |
in |
Rotation in degrees; positive for clockwise. |
width |
Num |
in |
Font character width specification. Normally the font width is a function of the height and the font style, but you can squeeze or stretch it using this option. Units, if positive, are the same as that for height (tenths of points); if negative, indicates the number of characters that will fit on a line across the page (not the rectangle). Mainly applicable only for fixed pitch fonts. |
