GLYPHMETRICS info Overview Group

The GLYPHMETRICS structure contains information about the placement and orientation of a glyph in a character cell.

typedef struct _GLYPHMETRICS { // glmt 

    UINT  gmBlackBoxX; 

    UINT  gmBlackBoxY; 

    POINT gmptGlyphOrigin; 

    short gmCellIncX; 

    short gmCellIncY; 

} GLYPHMETRICS;

Members

gmBlackBoxX: Specifies the width of the smallest rectangle that completely encloses the glyph (its “black box”).
gmBlackBoxY: Specifies the height of the smallest rectangle that completely encloses the glyph (its “black box”).
gmptGlyphOrigin: Specifies the x- and y-coordinates of the upper left corner of the smallest rectangle that completely encloses the glyph.
gmCellIncX: Specifies the horizontal distance from the origin of the current character cell to the origin of the next character cell.
gmCellIncY: Specifies the vertical distance from the origin of the current character cell to the origin of the next character cell.

Remarks

Values in the GLYPHMETRICS structure are specified in device units.

GLYPHMETRICS info Overview Group

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