ID3DX10Font interface
The ID3DX10Font interface encapsulates the textures and resources needed to render a specific font on a specific device.
Members
The ID3DX10Font interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ID3DX10Font also has these types of members:
Methods
The ID3DX10Font interface has these methods.
| Method | Description |
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| DrawText | Draw formatted text. This method supports ANSI and Unicode strings. |
| GetDC | Return a handle to a display device context (DC) that has the font set onto it. |
| GetDesc | Get a description of the current font object. |
| GetDevice | Retrieve the Direct3D device associated with the font object. |
| GetGlyphData | Return information about the placement and orientation of a glyph in a character cell. |
| GetTextMetrics | Retrieve font characteristics. |
| PreloadCharacters | Load a series of characters into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device. |
| PreloadGlyphs | Load a series of glyphs into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device. |
| PreloadText | Load formatted text into video memory to improve the efficiency of rendering to the device. This method supports ANSI and Unicode strings. |
Remarks
The ID3DX10Font interface is obtained by calling D3DX10CreateFont or D3DX10CreateFontIndirect.
The LPD3DX10FONT type is defined as a pointer to the ID3DX10Font interface.
typedef interface ID3DX10Font ID3DX10Font;
typedef interface ID3DX10Font *LPD3DX10FONT;
Requirements
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