Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Chapter 8 GDI Orientation and Transformations Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals

This method requires two value. The name of the font is specified with the lpszFaceName

value. If you do not want to specify a font, you can pass the argument as NULL. If you

have a CDC variable that can be used convert the value of the height to logical units. If

you do not have this value, set it to NULL.

Here is an example:

void CExoView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)

{

CExoDoc* pDoc = GetDocument();

ASSERT_VALID(pDoc);

CFont font;

font.CreatePointFont(920, "Garamond");

CFont *pFont = pDC->SelectObject(&font);

pDC->TextOut(20, 18, "Christine", 9);

pDC->SelectObject(pFont);

font.DeleteObject();

}

To control the color applied when drawing the text, you can call the

CDC::SetTextColor() method. For example, the above name can be drawn in blue as

follows:

void CExoView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)

{

CExoDoc* pDoc = GetDocument();

ASSERT_VALID(pDoc);

CFont font;

font.CreatePointFont(920, "Garamond");

CFont *pFont = pDC->SelectObject(&font);

pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(0, 125, 250));

pDC->TextOut(20, 18, "Christine", 9);

pDC->SelectObject(pFont);