TextMetrics

[dodge55]

I've never noticed this before, but when using GetTextMetrics() to get the height of the font to display the next line with proper spacing, if I use '(' or ')', they get chopped off when displaying the next line. Does GetTextMetrics() only give height for alphanumeric characters? Not sure if other fonts do the same thing.

[coder777]

Does GetTextMetrics() only give height for alphanumeric characters?

I don't think that would make sense. The member tmHeight is supposed to give the maximum height of all characters.

Maybe you need to consider the tmExternalLeading member?

[dodge55]

GetTextMetrics() fills in a structure about the font. For all fonts I am using, I am using tmHeight+tmExternalLeading as my total character height. tmExternalLeading is 0 for some reason and so it is chopping off certain special characters when displaying the next line. Alphanumerics seem OK. If I add 2 to the total character height, then special characters display fine, but that seems like a hack.

[dodge55]

Found the problem. I was redefining a font to be a little larger at specific times, but not recalling GetTextMetrics() to get the new parameters. Thus, user error.