How to disable white text shadow using CreateFont()?

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To define the required font in the static control I use the CreateFont() function:

C++

HFONT hNewFont = CreateFont(
16,
0,
0,
0,
FW_DONTCARE,
0,
0,
0,
DEFAULT_CHARSET,
OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
//CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
CLIP_STROKE_PRECIS,
CLEARTYPE_QUALITY,
FF_MODERN | FIXED_PITCH,
"Tahoma");

and set it for control:

C++

SendMessage(hStatic,WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM)hNewFont,true);

Ok, it's works fine.
Created font have white shadow or contour, I don't know.
On a white background everything looks good:
<img src="http://s017.radikal.ru/i423/1306/5b/0aaf4cd215c8.png">
, but on the black background - it is visible white shadow from text:
<img src="http://s019.radikal.ru/i611/1306/cb/221dfed5786e.png"></img>
So how to disable or to cut this white text shadow?

Posted 15-Jun-13 13:53pm

Igor-84

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saad_lah · Answer 1 · 2013-06-16T03:36:00

Solution 1

I have never used CreateFont function though, but try changing CLEARTYPE_QUALITY to NONANTIALIASED_QUALITY or others in CreateFont Function

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183499(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

Posted 16-Jun-13 3:36am

saad_lah

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Igor-84 16-Jun-13 10:31am

saad_lah, and what methods and functions do you use usually for setting up a font for the static control?

P Uday kishore 18-Jun-13 0:45am

CFont staticfont= new CFont;
staticfont->CreatePointFont(105, _T("Lucida Grande Bold"));

apply the font using
"control variable.setfont(staticfont);"

this method works good.