SilverScreenAPI

SS_FONTINFO

Structure

A data type that stores information about the font used by SilverScreen's text editor, message area, and the Screen Text functions.

struct SS_FONTINFO

{

char name[32]; // "Times New Roman", "Courier", "Arial", etc.

int weight; // FW_DONTCARE, FW_NORMAL, FW_BOLD, etc.

int height; // 12, 14, 16 (pts)

BOOLEAN is_italic; // When TRUE, italisize font

};

Members

Member

Description

name

The system font name used for screen text, for instance "Courier New".

weight

A value for the font weight whose meaning is as follows:

Symbol	Value	Meaning
FW_DONTCARE	0	The font weight does not matter
FW_THIN	100	A thin-weight font
FW_EXTRALIGHT	200	An extra light-weight font
FW_LIGHT	300	A light-weight font
FW_NORMAL	400	A normal-weight font
FW_MEDIUM	500	A medium-weight font
FW_SEMIBOLD	600	A semi-bold-weight font
FW_BOLD	700	A bold-weight font
FW_EXTRABOLD	800	An extra-bold-weight font
FW_HEAVY	900	A heavy-weight font

NOTE: The symbols in the table above are defined in the Win32 header file wingdi.h Without it, you may substitute the values in the table above (for instance in SilverC programs).

height

The height, in points, of the character cells. One point is 1/72".

is_italic

The font will be italicized if is_italic is non-zero, otherwise it will not be italicized.