Font info for drawing text to bitmap contexts

[Mete]

Hi all, just a question regarding writing text to a bitmap via CFbsBitGc. I'm able to write successfully using the following function to set the text font:

void CGLMessage::SetCurrentFont(const TDesC& aFontName, TInt aFontSize)
	{
	TFontSpec myFontSpec;
	    
        myFontSpec = TFontSpec(aFontName, aFontSize);
	myFontSpec.iFontStyle.SetStrokeWeight(EStrokeWeightBold);
	
	iBackBufferDevice->GetNearestFontInPixels(iFont,myFontSpec); 	// CFbsBitmapDevice
	iBackBufferContext->UseFont(iFont);                             // CFbsBitGc
	iBackBufferContext->SetPenStyle( CGraphicsContext::ESolidPen );	
	}

However when I change aFontName, my font doesn't change - even using standard font names "Courier", "Arial", or "Roman" doesn't make any difference. Is my font-changing function missing anything obvious?

Also, I've been unable to find any reference material as to what font names I should be able to use - I don't know if this is different for different Symbian versions or different devices... Any clues?

Thanks guys
M

[symbianyucca]

you could check my Y-Tasks::Fonts from my homesite, with it you can check all different font that can be found from the device.

[Mete]

thank you!

[savaj]

you could check my Y-Tasks::Fonts from my homesite, with it you can check all different font that can be found from the device.

Recently i have noticed that Typeface font name are different on different device. Then how can we develop an application using Typeface font that can be installed on different devices??

Also i noticed that some phone variant (specially Chinese variant) does not have Typeface font which support English, then how can we check that particular Typeface font will support English or not?

[vineet.jain]

hi savaj...In my application english language was not shown, instead some boxes were shown, i.e it was some other font in the font, then i used the following and the correct font was then shown i.e english or it may show suitable font depending upon the support:

TTypefaceSupport tfs;
TBuf<32> FontName=_L("Roman");
TFontSpec FontSpec1(tfs.iTypeface.iName, iHeightTwips);
FontSpec1.iFontStyle.SetStrokeWeight(EStrokeWeightBold);
TFontSpec FontSpec2(tfs.iTypeface.iName, iHeightTwips);

[savaj]

hi savaj...In my application english language was not shown, instead some boxes were shown, i.e it was some other font in the font, then i used the following and the correct font was then shown i.e english or it may show suitable font depending upon the support:

TTypefaceSupport tfs;
TBuf<32> FontName=_L("Roman");
TFontSpec FontSpec1(tfs.iTypeface.iName, iHeightTwips);
FontSpec1.iFontStyle.SetStrokeWeight(EStrokeWeightBold);
TFontSpec FontSpec2(tfs.iTypeface.iName, iHeightTwips);

Thanks vineet for reply.

But this is not the solution of my problem, infact in your case you have not initialized Typeface font (i.e. tfs), so i guess it pickup default Typeface font.

Moreover i guess you have not tested your application chinease variant.