Re: Default Font Bolded

Hi Nenad,
> You *don't* want to use that font. So, you
> have to create and select a font before drawing text.
Didn't got that. 

My remark on AtlDefaultGuiFont was based on what I have read on OldNewThing blog ("...Windows itself stopped using it in favor of the various fonts returned"). I realize things are -not surprinsingly- more complex.

Thanks for the explanations and links. 
Also thanks so much for your involvement in WTL. I can't tell how much I love working with this Library.

Yarp

--- In [email protected], "Nenad Stefanovic" <nenad2001@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Yarp,
> 
> The "default" font for DC is SYSTEM_FONT, which is bold-only bitmap font
> (the one you can see in WinDiff). You *don't* want to use that font. So, you
> have to create and select a font before drawing text.
> 
> For general discussion about fonts:
> 
> There is nothing wrong with AtlGetDefaultGuiFont() if you understand that it
> is not a universal font solution. It gives you the font which is the same as
> "MS Shell Dlg". The better solution for applications is to use desired font
> directly.
> 
> Using fonts from NONCLIENTMETRICS is OK for their intended use, but not for
> something else. For example, if you have Edit-based view window, and you use
> Caption font, then your Edit view font will depend on the user setting for
> the Caption font. The same for other fonts in NONCLIENTMETRICS.
> 
>  
> 
> OldNewThing blog has fantastic information, but is sometimes hard to
> understand. Here is another excellent blog discussing these topics:
> 
>                 http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/06/11/626100.aspx
>                 http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/03/18/554308.aspx
> 
> All this reminded me that we should review and make sure that font handling
> in WTL is correct. We will do that.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Nenad
>
> 





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