Printer functions

printer_open
printer_abort
printer_close
printer_write
printer_list
printer_set_option
printer_get_option
printer_create_dc
printer_delete_dc
printer_start_doc
printer_end_doc
printer_start_page
printer_end_page
printer_create_pen
printer_delete_pen
printer_select_pen
printer_create_brush
printer_delete_brush
printer_select_brush
printer_create_font
printer_delete_font
printer_select_font
printer_logical_fontheight
printer_draw_roundrect
printer_draw_rectangle
printer_draw_elipse
printer_draw_text
printer_draw_line
printer_draw_chord
printer_draw_pie
printer_draw_bmp

6.80.20 printer_create_font

Description

mixed printer_create_font(string face ,int height ,int width ,int font_weight ,bool italic ,bool underline ,bool strikeout ,int orientaton )

The function creates a new font and returns a handle to it. A font is used to draw text. For an example see printer_select_font. face must be a string specifying the font face. height specifies the font height, and width the font width. The font_weight specifies the font weight (400 is normal), and can be one of the following predefined constants.

• PRINTER_FW_THIN:@: sets the font weight to thin (100).

• PRINTER_FW_ULTRALIGHT:@: sets the font weight to ultra light (200).

• PRINTER_FW_LIGHT:@: sets the font weight to light (300).

• PRINTER_FW_NORMAL:@: sets the font weight to normal (400).

• PRINTER_FW_MEDIUM:@: sets the font weight to medium (500).

• PRINTER_FW_BOLD:@: sets the font weight to bold (700).

• PRINTER_FW_ULTRABOLD:@: sets the font weight to ultra bold (800).

• PRINTER_FW_HEAVY:@: sets the font weight to heavy (900).

italic can be TRUE or FALSE, and sets whether the font should be italic.

underline can be TRUE or FALSE, and sets whether the font should be underlined.

strikeout can be TRUE or FALSE, and sets whether the font should be striked out.

orientation specifies a rotation. For an example see printer_select_font.