Question

I using the Win32 API and C/C++. I have a HFONT and want to use it to create a new HFONT. The new font should use the exact same font metrics except that it should be bold. Something like:

HFONT CreateBoldFont(HFONT hFont) {     LOGFONT lf;     GetLogicalFont(hFont, &lf);     lf.lfWeight = FW_BOLD;     return CreateFontIndirect(&lf); } 

The ‘GetLogicalFont’ is the missing API (as far as I can tell anyway). Is there some other way to do it? Preferrably something that works on Windows Mobile 5+.

Answer 1

You want to use the GetObject function.

GetObject ( hFont, sizeof(LOGFONT), &lf );