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CONSOLE_FONT_INFO structure

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Important

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Contains information for a console font.

Syntax

typedef struct _CONSOLE_FONT_INFO {
  DWORD nFont;
  COORD dwFontSize;
} CONSOLE_FONT_INFO, *PCONSOLE_FONT_INFO;

Members

nFont
The index of the font in the system's console font table.

dwFontSize
A COORD structure that contains the width and height of each character in the font, in logical units. The X member contains the width, while the Y member contains the height.

Remarks

To obtain the size of the font, pass the font index to the GetConsoleFontSize function.

Requirements

   
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header WinCon.h (include Windows.h)

See also

COORD

GetCurrentConsoleFont