RotFont

Description

Short story: Rotate fonts to any angle, then use native Print function for output.

Longer description from old site: click here.

To be edited...

Published

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

Print Text at an Angle, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 1999

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CLogFont.cls gdi32

user32

CreateFontIndirect
DeleteObject
GetDeviceCaps
GetDC
GetDesktopWindow
ReleaseDC

FRotFont.frm gdi32 SelectObject

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

Module	Library	Function
CLogFont.cls	gdi32 user32	CreateFontIndirect DeleteObject GetDeviceCaps GetDC GetDesktopWindow ReleaseDC
FRotFont.frm	gdi32	SelectObject

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Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution.
Download RotFont.zip, 4Kb, Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 1998