Get font handle from file (HFONT) [solved]

[Masonjar13]

Quick question, I need to know how to get the wParam of WM_SETFONT (the font handle) of a TrueType font file (*.ttf) that is not installed. I'm using it for a PostMessage. It may be very obvious, but I don't have the time right now to figure it out.

Any help is appreciated.

[Ronins]

Here is the MSDN link for CreateFont function. Return value gives hFont
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... s.85).aspx

usage

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hFont := DllCall("CreateFont", "int", nHeight, "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", 400 + 300 * bBold, "Uint", bItalic, "Uint", bUnderline, "Uint", bStrikeOut, "Uint", nCharSet, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "str", sFaceName)

sFaceName is the name of font, variables with b as prefix are booleans. Refer to MSDN link provided

[Masonjar13]

Thanks for the reply.

The function you suggest isn't exact to what I said; I need to get hFont from a non-installed *.ttf file, based on it's file address. As far as I can tell, this function requires entries that should be handled completely by the file and also requires a typeface name, which implies an installed font.

[tmplinshi]

Class_CustomFont - Load font from font file
http://ahkscript.org/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=813

[Masonjar13]

Class_CustomFont - Load font from font file
http://ahkscript.org/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=813

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.