Hi all, I''m working with Win98 and directx, and I use windows to dump write text on my directx surface dc. Works fine, but how can I set it up so that I can use the font I drew myself, without installing it on the user''s system? Is there any way to make a font object out of a font I have stored as a resource-- or, better yet, have on the disc? I don''t want to have to install the font in order to use it to draw text. Any help? Yours in slavering anticipation, Goodlife

bitmaps. little tiny bitmaps.

I think AddFontResource() and RemoveFontResource() are the functions you want. They both take one parameter which is a LPCTSTR containing the name of the font file.

Once you have added the font you should be able to use it through the normal win32 functions.

Edited by - Bugdude on 2/23/00 1:35:20 AM

If we assume you have a fonts directory in your project
directory, this is what you''ll want to do to use a font
called Coprgtb.tff:

//Prepare font:
CreateScalableFontResource(0, "Coprgtb",
"Fonts\\Coprgtb.ttf", NULL);
AddFontResource("Fonts\\Coprgtb.ttf");

//Create font:
hFont = CreateFont(blah, blah, blah...);

//And clean up:
RemoveFontResource("Fonts\\Coprgtb.ttf");

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