The GetCharABCWidths function retrieves the widths, in logical units, of consecutive characters in a specified range from the current TrueType font. This function succeeds only with TrueType fonts.

BOOL GetCharABCWidths(
  HDC hdc,         // handle to DC
  UINT uFirstChar, // first character in range
  UINT uLastChar,  // last character in range
  LPABC lpabc      // array of character widths
);

Parameters

hdc

[in] Handle to the device context.

uFirstChar

[in] Specifies the first character in the group of consecutive characters from the current font.

uLastChar

[in] Specifies the last character in the group of consecutive characters from the current font.

lpabc

[out] Pointer to an array of ABC structures that receives the character widths, in logical units. This array must contain at least as many ABC structures as there are characters in the range specified by the uFirstChar and uLastChar parameters.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero

If the function fails, the return value is zero.

Windows NT/2000/XP: To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The TrueType rasterizer provides ABC character spacing after a specific point size has been selected. A spacing is the distance added to the current position before placing the glyph. B spacing is the width of the black part of the glyph. C spacing is the distance added to the current position to provide white space to the right of the glyph. The total advanced width is specified by A+B+C.

When the GetCharABCWidths function retrieves negative A or C widths for a character, that character includes underhangs or overhangs.

To convert the ABC widths to font design units, an application should use the value stored in the otmEMSquare member of a OUTLINETEXTMETRIC structure. This value can be retrieved by calling the GetOutlineTextMetrics function.

The ABC widths of the default character are used for characters outside the range of the currently selected font.

To retrieve the widths of characters in non-TrueType fonts, applications should use the GetCharWidth function.

Windows 95/98/Me: GetCharABCWidthsW is supported by the Microsoft Layer for Unicode. To use this, you must add certain files to your application, as outlined in Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista: Included in Windows NT 3.1 and later.
  Windows 95/98/Me: Included in Windows 95 and later.
  Header: Declared in Wingdi.h; include Windows.h.
  Library: Use Gdi32.lib.
  Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT/2000/XP. Also supported by Microsoft Layer for Unicode.

See Also

Fonts and Text Overview, Font and Text Functions, GetCharWidth, GetOutlineTextMetrics, OUTLINETEXTMETRIC, ABC