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Large Fonts

How can I tell if a user has large fonts turned on? Is there a way to specifically use normal 96 point fonts? I have a skinned application and users with large fonts enabled are getting a very poor experience.

Roshan Davis

Use GetFont() in your main window and "GetLogFont ". That gives you LOGFONT structure, from that you can identify the height, and alert the user for the size, if it is not normal...

Rosh :)

vijay_visana

see large font is 120 dpi(dot per inch)125% then normal(96 dpi)
so you can detect it like

int sx = pdc->GetDeviceCaps(LOGPIXELSX);
if(sx == 96)
//normal
else
if(sx == 120)
//large font

vprex

ASKER

Any answer to the 2nd part of the question?

Roshan Davis

Setting large fonts using "Windows Settings" itself makes distorted....

Or you can restrict the font size in your application, using SetFont

Rosh

vijay_visana

I had this problem our project we have solved it like

int sx = pdc->GetDeviceCaps(LOGPIXELSX);
if(sx == 96)
//normal
else
if(sx == 120)
//do mapping of cooridnates of controls according to 96 dpi

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vprex

ASKER

So far I can detect the font, great. I can even set the font in OnInitDialog so that the text is correct but the CEdit boxes / Comboboxes are too long now. They are the right height but too long.

chensu

Then set the ES_AUTOHSCROLL or CBS_AUTOHSCROLL style to the controls.