Fonts Application Development (Windows CE 5.0)
You can change the appearance of your applications by customizing fonts. Windows CE based devices include support for TrueType and raster fonts, ClearType fonts, enumerating, formatting, and drawing text.
The following topics discuss how to use the Fonts functionality in your applications:
In This Section
- Using Fonts
Provides information on how to link fonts, define your own set of characters for a device. - Working with TrueType and Raster Fonts
Provides information on how fonts are represented and stored. - Working with ClearType Fonts
Provides information on how to enable ClearType on an application level. - Installing and Using Fonts
Explains how to install and use fonts using the Windows CE based font APIs. - Enumerating Fonts
Describes ways to enumerate the fonts. - Formatting Text
Explains ways to use the Windows CE based font APIs to format and draw text in an application client area and on a page of printer paper. - Drawing Text
Explains how you can draw characters and symbols. - Drawing and Formatting Text
Provides information on the complete set of functions to format and draw text. - Enabling Font Linking
Explains how to make it possible to link one or more fonts, called linked fonts, to another font, called the base font. - Creating End User Defined Characters
Explains how to define your own set of characters.
Related Sections
- Fonts OS Design Development
Provides information about the different font functionalities, modules, components available in Windows CE and how to include them in your OS design.
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