FontPre

Description

Short story: TrueType fontfile (TTF) inspector extracts information from allows viewing of uninstalled fonts.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Preview Uninstalled Fonts, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, July 2001

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CFontPreview.cls gdi32

kernel32
user32 AddFontResource
RemoveFontResource
GetSystemDefaultLCID
SendMessage

CStringBuilder.cls kernel32
msvbvm50 RtlMoveMemory
VarPtr

FFontPreview.frm user32 GetAsyncKeyState

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
CFontPreview.cls	gdi32 kernel32 user32	AddFontResource RemoveFontResource GetSystemDefaultLCID SendMessage
CStringBuilder.cls	kernel32 msvbvm50	RtlMoveMemory VarPtr
FFontPreview.frm	user32	GetAsyncKeyState

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Download FontPre.zip, 33Kb, Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2001