INFO: Creating a Font for Use with the Console

ID: Q105299

3.10 3.50 3.51 4.00 WINDOWS NT kbgraphic

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

It is possible to use FontEdit to create a font that can be used by the console. The following must be true:

The face name must be System, Terminal, or Courier

The font size must be different from any of the other console fonts

The font must be fixed pitch

The font must not be italic

The font must be an OEM character set.

In addition, in the U.S. market, the font should support codepage 437.

Install the font from the Control Panel. After rebooting, the font will be available to the console.

An EnumFonts() call is made by the console during its initialization to determine what fonts are available. The console saves a set of one-to-one mappings between the font sizes listed and a set of LOGFONTs. The console never has direct knowledge of what file is used.

Additional query words: 3.10 win95


Keywords          : kbNTOS350 kbNTOS351 kbNTOS400 kbSDKWin32 kbWinOS95 kbDSupport 
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 25, 1999