Discusses text font and color settings in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). Also introduces the concepts of Categories and Display Items, and describes how VSPackages and the core editor use text attributes.
Provides an instance of the IVsFontAndColorDefaults or the IVsFontAndColorGroup interface that corresponds to a particular item listed in the Show Settings For list in the Fonts and Colors page of the Options dialog box.
Provides a mechanism by which a VSPackage that provides font and color support can specify a Display Item group - a super-category that represents the union of two or more categories.