Fonts Application Development
You can change the appearance of your applications by customizing the fonts it uses. Windows Embedded CE–based devices include support for TrueType and raster fonts, ClearType fonts, and enumerating, formatting, and drawing text.
The following topics discuss how to use the Fonts functionality in your applications.
- Enumerating Fonts
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Describes ways to enumerate the fonts.
- Installing Fonts
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Explains how to load a font from a resource file by using the font APIs.
- Drawing Text
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Provides information on the complete set of functions to format and draw text.
- Formatting Text
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Explains ways to use the font APIs to format and draw text in an application client area and on a page of printer paper.
- Enabling Font Linking
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Explains how to make it possible to link one or more fonts, called linked fonts, to another font, called the base font.
- Creating End User Defined Characters
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Explains how to define your own set of characters.
- Working with ClearType Fonts
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Provides information on how to enable ClearType on an application level.
- Working with TrueType and Raster Fonts
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Provides information on how fonts are represented and stored.
- Fonts
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Provides information about the different font functionalities, modules, and components and how to integrate them into your applications.