Does font contain alpha characters

[AndyWatt]

Hi Chaps,

I'm trying to write a "Hello World" type routine using random fonts, and I want to make sure the text printed is ledgible.

Does anyone know if it is possible to determine whether a given font contains a "normal" character set (e.g. Courier New, Tahoma, Arial) or a "non-standard" character set (e.g. Windings, Marlett, Outlook, etc.)?


Andy
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[jelloSoft]

Hi,

VB won't give you this info, you have to setup a callback with the EnumFontFamilies api and check the lfPitchAndFamily item of the LogFont structure to know if the font is decorative, roman, script, ...

If I remember well the VBThunder site has an example of using the CallBack....