2.3.7.8 EMR_EXTCREATEFONTINDIRECTW Record

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The EMR_EXTCREATEFONTINDIRECTW record defines a logical font for graphics operations.

Fields not specified in this section are specified in section 2.3.7.


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Type

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ihFonts

elw (variable)

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Type (4 bytes): An unsigned integer that identifies this record type as EMR_EXTCREATEFONTINDIRECTW. This value is 0x00000052.

ihFonts (4 bytes): An unsigned integer that specifies the index of the logical font object in the EMF object table (section 3.1.1.1). This index MUST be saved so that this object can be reused or modified.

elw (variable): A LogFontExDv object (section 2.2.15), which specifies the logical font. A LogFont object (section 2.2.13) MAY<74> be present instead. The process for determining the type of object in this field is described below.

The logical font object defined by this record can be selected into the playback device context by an EMR_SELECTOBJECT record (section 2.3.8.5), which specifies the logical font to use in subsequent graphics operations.

The type of logical font object in the elw field of this record is determined by the following algorithm (all size and length values are in bytes):

  • First, note that the size in bytes of the static part of this record—that is, the sum of the sizes of its Type, Size, and ihFonts fields—is 12.

  • Next, note that because the size in bytes of the entire record is present in its Size field, the size in bytes of the variable-length elw field can be computed as follows.

     Size - 12

  • The size of the elw field must be equal to or greater than the size of a LogFontPanose object.<75>

  • If the size of the elw field is equal to the size of a LogFontPanose object (section 2.2.16), elw MUST be treated as a fixed-length LogFontPanose object.

  • If the size of the elw field is greater than the size of a LogFontPanose object, then elw MUST be treated as a variable-length LogFontExDv object.

The size of a LogFontPanose object is 0x0140 (320 decimal). It is determined by adding up the sizes of its fields, as follows:

  • LogFont: The size of a LogFont object is 0x005C (92 decimal). It is determined by adding up the sizes of its fields, as follows:

    • Fields from Height through PitchAndFamily: 0x001C (28 decimal).

    • Facename: The length is 32 16-bit characters: 0x0040 (64 decimal).

  • Fullname: The length is 64 16-bit characters: 0x0080 (128 decimal).

  • Style: The length is 32 16-bit characters: 0x0040 (64 decimal).

  • Fields from Version through Culture: 0x0018 (24 decimal).

  • Panose: The exact length of this field is 0x000A, but it MUST be padded by two additional bytes for 32-bit alignment, so for the purposes of this computation the length is 0x000C (12 decimal).

See section 2.3.7 for more object creation record types.