Fonts Application Development

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

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.

In This Section

• Enumerating Fonts
  Describes ways to enumerate the fonts.

• Installing Fonts
  Explains how to load a font from a resource file by using the font APIs.

• Drawing Text
  Provides information on the complete set of functions to format and draw text.

• Formatting Text
  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
  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
  Explains how to define your own set of characters.

• Working with ClearType Fonts
  Provides information on how to enable ClearType on an application level.

• Working with TrueType and Raster Fonts
  Provides information on how fonts are represented and stored.

Related Sections

• Fonts
  Provides information about the different font functionalities, modules, and components and how to integrate them into your applications.