Font filename to typeface name conversion?

[C.M. Rouleau]

Hello,

In order to make a call to CreateFont, one needs a typeface name, such as "Arial" or "Times New Roman". No problem there. However, I have an application the returns the font filename instead of the typeface name. For example, if I use "Times New Roman" in the application, it returns Times.TTF. So, any thoughts on going from the font file name to the typeface name?

-CMR

[Dominic Mitchell]

You have not provided enough information. For example, is the app using embedded fonts?

Due to the lack of info, the only course of action I will suggest at the moment is to use the following registry key to do the mapping.
By the way, this is not reliable for embedded fonts.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

[John Gleason]

You could create a scan table to translate all fonts you may need. Any font viewer should provide the typeface names. If you know the exact capitalization of the file names, you don't need the UCASE$.

#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    LOCAL fileName, typeFaceName AS STRING
    
    filename = "Vera.ttf"
    SELECT CASE AS CONST$ UCASE$(fileName)
       CASE "TIMES.TTF"  : typeFaceName = "Times New Roman"
       CASE "VERA.TTF"   : typeFaceName = "Bitstream Vera Sans"
       CASE "REFSER.TTF" : typeFaceName = "MS Reference Serif"
'       ...             
'       ...    'continue until all possible fonts are translated
    END SELECT
    
    ? fileName & " converts to " & typeFaceName

END FUNCTION

[Michael Mattias]

If you have a font FILE, you don't want to CreateFont(), you want to AddFontResource().

I know there is a demo of doing that here somewhere. Something to do with 7-segment LED fonts. If you can't find it let me know, because I know I did it and have it here.. somewhere.

I found it pretty quick (thank you Ultra-Edit "Find in Files")

What I could not find was a way to find the font face name given only the file name. I also see you DO need to "Create Font", but you can only do that AFTER you AddFontResource.

Let's look in the SDK for something which might tell us the face name(s?) of fonts in a file...no luck.

I guess 'maybe' you could enum all the type faces before, then AddFontResource(), then enum again to know what faces were added by the AddFontResource, but I really don't like the sound of that for some reason.

MCM


' While_button_down.bas
' Little example using WM_SETCURSOR message and a timer...

'Pierre

'

#COMPILE EXE '#Win 8.03#
#REGISTER NONE
#INCLUDE "Win32Api.inc" '#2005-01-27#
#INCLUDE "Pbforms.inc"
OPTION EXPLICIT

%ButtonOne = 101
%TimerOne  = 201
%labelOne  = 301
'______________________________________________________________________________

CALLBACK FUNCTION DlgProc
 STATIC TimerCount AS LONG
 LOCAL  hCtrl AS LONG, szFontFile AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
 LOCAL  hFont AS LONG, I AS LONG

 LOCAL  sFontFace AS STRING


 SELECT CASE CBMSG

   CASE %WM_INITDIALOG
       CONTROL HANDLE  CBHNDL, %LabelOne TO hCtrl
       ' file from Jules Marchildon / tripod
        szFontFile     =  "alphalcd.ttf"
        sFontFace  = "Alphanumeric LCD"
       ' file from Harvey Twyman
        szFontFile     =  "7 Segment.ttf"
        sFontFace      =  "7 Segment"



       I = AddFontResource(BYVAL VARPTR(szFontFile))
       MSGBOX USING$ ("Added # fonts", I)

       'hFont = PBFormsMakeFont(sFontFace, 36, 200,%FALSE,%FALSE,%FALSE,%ANSI_CHARSET)

       hFont = PBFormsMakeFont(sFontFace, 30, 200,%FALSE,%FALSE,%FALSE,%DEFAULT_CHARSET)
       IF ISFALSE hFont THEN
           MSGBOX "MakeFont failed"
       END IF
       CONTROL SEND CBHNDL, %LabelOne, %WM_SETFONT, hFont, %NULL
       CONTROL SET USER CBHNDL, %LabelOne, 1, hFont


   CASE %WM_SETCURSOR
     IF (CBWPARAM = GetDlgItem(CBHNDL, %ButtonOne)) AND _ 'Is it the button handle
        (HI(WORD, CBLPARAM) = %WM_LBUTTONDOWN) THEN       'Is button pushed
       DIALOG SET TEXT CBHNDL, HEX$(HI(WORD, CBLPARAM)) & " : Button is down "
       SetTimer CBHNDL, %TimerOne, 100, BYVAL %NULL       'Set a 100 miliseconds timer
     ELSE
       DIALOG SET TEXT CBHNDL, HEX$(HI(WORD, CBLPARAM)) & " : Button is up"
       KillTimer CBHNDL, %TimerOne
     END IF

   CASE %WM_DESTROY
       CONTROL GET USER CBHNDL, %LabelOne, 1 TO hFont
       DeleteObject  hFont
       RemoveFontResource( BYVAL VARPTR(szFontFile))


   CASE %WM_TIMER
     SELECT CASE CBWPARAM
       CASE %TimerOne
         INCR    TimerCount
         CONTROL SET TEXT CBHNDL, %ButtonOne, "Timercount :" & STR$(Timercount)
         CONTROL SET TEXT CBHNDL, %LabelOne,   FORMAT$(TimerCount, "Count  00\:00\:00")

     END SELECT

   CASE %WM_COMMAND
     SELECT CASE LOWRD(CBWPARAM)
       CASE %ButtonOne
         IF CBCTLMSG = %BN_CLICKED THEN
         END IF
     END SELECT

  END SELECT

END FUNCTION
'______________________________________________________________________________

FUNCTION PBMAIN()
 LOCAL hDlg AS DWORD

 DIALOG NEW %HWND_DESKTOP ,"Button down", , , 200, 120, _
        %WS_CAPTION OR %WS_MINIMIZEBOX OR %WS_SYSMENU, 0 TO hDlg

 SetClassLong hDlg, %GCL_HICON, LoadIcon(BYVAL %NULL, BYVAL %IDI_INFORMATION)

 CONTROL ADD BUTTON, hDlg, %ButtonOne, "Button", 50, 43, 100, 15, _
         %BS_CENTER OR %BS_VCENTER OR %WS_TABSTOP, %WS_EX_LEFT

 CONTROL ADD LABEL, hDlg, %LabelOne, "", 50,63,120, 80


 DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg CALL DlgProc

END FUNCTION
'______________________________________________________________________________

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