ID3DXFont

The ID3DXFont interface encapsulates the textures and resources needed to render a specific font on a specific device.

ID3DXFont Members

Method	Description
ID3DXFont::DrawText	Draws formatted text. This method supports ANSI and Unicode strings.
ID3DXFont::GetDC	Returns a handle to a display device context (DC) that has the font set.
ID3DXFont::GetDesc	Gets a description of the current font object. GetDescW and GetDescA are identical to this method, except that a pointer is returned to a D3DXFONT_DESCD3DXFONT_DESCW
ID3DXFont::GetDevice	Retrieves the Direct3D device associated with the font object.
ID3DXFont::GetGlyphData	Returns information about the placement and orientation of a glyph in a character cell.
ID3DXFont::GetTextMetrics	Retrieves font characteristics that are identified in a TEXTMETRIC structure. This method supports ANSI and Unicode compiler settings.
ID3DXFont::OnLostDevice	Use this method to release all references to video memory resources and delete all stateblocks. This method should be called whenever a device is lost, or before resetting a device.
ID3DXFont::OnResetDevice	Use this method to re-acquire resources and save initial state.
ID3DXFont::PreloadCharacters	Loads a series of characters into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device.
ID3DXFont::PreloadGlyphs	Loads a series of glyphs into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device.
ID3DXFont::PreloadText	Loads formatted text into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device. This method supports ANSI and Unicode strings.

Remarks

The ID3DXFont interface is obtained by calling D3DXCreateFont or D3DXCreateFontIndirect.

The LPD3DXFONT type is defined as a pointer to the ID3DXFont interface.

typedef interface ID3DXFont ID3DXFont;
typedef interface ID3DXFont *LPD3DXFONT;

Requirements

Header: Declared in D3dx9core.h.

Library: Use D3dx9.lib.