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1.1       root        1: Sample: Demonstration of the Win32 Font API Functions
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                      3: Summary:
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                      5: The NTFONTS sample is an easy to use, powerful utility which
                      6: allows the user to explore the font system.  There is a
                      7: toolbar on top of the main frame window with buttons that
                      8: allow the following actions:
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                     10: 1.Enumerate all of the fonts installed for the display.
                     11: 2.Get TEXTMETRIC information.
                     12: 3.Create a font based on an arbitrary LOGFONT structure.
                     13: 4.Enumerate all of the fonts available to the default
                     14:   printer.
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                     16: More Information:
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                     18: The program is designed to provide the user an easy
                     19: interface to the API calls related to the font system.  It
                     20: will not protect against meaningless values, nor will it
                     21: hide system oddities.  Most of the buttons on the toolbar
                     22: are self explanatory and represent a single system API.
                     23: 
                     24: Pressing the EnumFonts button will show all of the face
                     25: names listed horizontally, and each of the fonts within that
                     26: face name listed vertically below it.  TrueType, or any
                     27: other fonts that do not have a type of RASTER_FONTTYPE will
                     28: be marked with a small colored "TT" bitmap.  Fonts that have
                     29: the DEVICE_FONTTYPE bit on will be marked with a small
                     30: bitmap image of a printer.  When the enumeration windows are
                     31: showing the user can click the left mouse button to copy the
                     32: information about a selected font into the LOGFONT and
                     33: TEXTMETRIC dialogs.  The user can dismiss this window
                     34: without changing the dialog boxes by clicking with the right
                     35: mouse button or typing any character.
                     36: 
                     37: There are two check boxes on the toolbar.  "ShowAllGlyphs"
                     38: toggles between painting the "TextOut" window with all of
                     39: the font's glyphs (from TEXTMETRIC.tmFirstChar to
                     40: TEXTMETRIC.tmLastChar) and writing a shorter string in the
                     41: middle of the window.  This latter case is prefered when
                     42: rotating the font, or when writing in directions other than
                     43: left to right. The "SetMapperFlags" check box simply
                     44: maintains a boolean state.  This is set into the HPS just
                     45: before the logical font is created for repainting, c.f.
                     46: SetMapperFlags function.
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