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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Fixed Fonts in Windows 3.00
Keywords: Fonts, proportional, editboxes
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.151038.4695@world.std.com>
Date: 10 Aug 90 15:10:38 GMT
References: <8408@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: The World
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In article <8408@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> mcjilton@handel.UUCP (charles mar mcjilton) writes:
>We're developing an application under Windows 3.00, and were having some
>problems moving from 2.11 to 3.0.
...
>We were wondering if anyone has successfully set the application device context
>to the system fixed font used when Windows 3.0 runs a Windows 2.11 application.
>The fixed font is provided for compatability with existing 2.11 apps, but
>we haven't found any way to use it.
>
>Failing that we'd like to know if you have any suggestions on setting the 
>device context font for a dialog box to the system fixed font.

Print out all the .txt and .wri files in the directory where you installed
your windows 3.0 binaries.  I just did that recently after seeing a reference
in the manual and found quite a bit of interesting information.

The file tips.txt contains information about "Using a Fixed Font" in section
1.4.1.


-- 
Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com