Description

Short story: Rotate fonts to any angle, then use native Print function for output.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

• Print Text at an Angle, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 1999

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
CLogFont.cls	gdi32 user32	CreateFontIndirect DeleteObject GetDeviceCaps GetDC GetDesktopWindow ReleaseDC
FRotFont.frm	gdi32	SelectObject

Download

Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download RotFont.zip, 4Kb, Last Updated: Monday, 24 August 1998

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