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Subj : Re: system font
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 11:10 am

Jack Sawatzky wrote:

>There is a font that appears almost everywhere in Windows and in 
>applications
>for windows.  When I use "SYSTEM" as the lpszFace parameter in CreateFont,
>I get the Bold version of this font (verticals are 2 pixels wide). What 
>name should
>I use to get the Light version (verticals 1 pixel wide)?

What did you use for fnWeight ?

Also, I don't see a SYSTEM font listed under control panel/fonts
You might want to run an EnumFontFamilies() to see if that font
exists.
If it doesn't exist, you get the first font that matches you other
criteria (which you probably haven't set).

Maybe you were thinking of the "MS Shell Dlg" pseudo  font?
(See "Localization and the Shell Font" in win32.hlp)

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