DirectWrite enumerations

DirectWrite defines the following enumerations.

In this section

Topic	Description
DWRITE_AUTOMATIC_FONT_AXES	Defines constants that specify certain axes that can be applied automatically in layout during font selection.
DWRITE_BASELINE	The DWRITE_BASELINE enumeration contains values that specify the baseline for text alignment.
DWRITE_BREAK_CONDITION	Indicates the condition at the edges of inline object or text used to determine line-breaking behavior.
DWRITE_CONTAINER_TYPE	Specifies the container format of a font resource. A container format is distinct from a font file format (DWRITE_FONT_FILE_TYPE) because the container describes the container in which the underlying font file is packaged.
DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE	Specifies the type of DirectWrite factory object.
DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE (DWriteCore)	Specifies the type of DirectWrite factory object.
DWRITE_FLOW_DIRECTION	Indicates the direction of how lines of text are placed relative to one another.
DWRITE_FONT_AXIS_ATTRIBUTES	Defines constants that specify attributes for a font axis.
DWRITE_FONT_AXIS_TAG	Defines constants that specify a four-character identifier for a font axis.
DWRITE_FONT_FACE_TYPE	Indicates the file format of a complete font face.
DWRITE_FONT_FAMILY_MODEL	Defines constants that specify how font families are grouped together.
DWRITE_FONT_FEATURE_TAG	A value that indicates the typographic feature of text supplied by the font.
DWRITE_FONT_FILE_TYPE	The type of a font represented by a single font file. Font formats that consist of multiple files, for example Type 1 .PFM and .PFB, have separate enum values for each of the file types.
DWRITE_FONT_LINE_GAP_USAGE	Specify whether DWRITE_FONT_METRICS::lineGap value should be part of the line metrics
DWRITE_FONT_PROPERTY_ID	Identifies a string in a font.
DWRITE_FONT_SIMULATIONS	Specifies algorithmic style simulations to be applied to the font face. Bold and oblique simulations can be combined via bitwise OR operation.
DWRITE_FONT_SOURCE_TYPE	Defines constants that specify the mechanism by which a font came to be included in a font set.
DWRITE_FONT_STRETCH	Represents the degree to which a font has been stretched compared to a font's normal aspect ratio.
DWRITE_FONT_STYLE	Represents the style of a font face as normal, italic, or oblique.
DWRITE_FONT_WEIGHT	Represents the density of a typeface, in terms of the lightness or heaviness of the strokes.
DWRITE_GLYPH_IMAGE_FORMATS	Specifies which formats are supported in the font, either at a font-wide level or per glyph.
DWRITE_GLYPH_ORIENTATION_ANGLE	The DWRITE_GLYPH_ORIENTATION_ANGLE enumeration contains values that specify how the glyph is oriented to the x-axis.
DWRITE_GRID_FIT_MODE	Specifies whether to enable grid-fitting of glyph outlines (also known as hinting).
DWRITE_INFORMATIONAL_STRING_ID	The informational string enumeration which identifies a string embedded in a font file.
DWRITE_LINE_SPACING_METHOD	The method used for line spacing in a text layout.
DWRITE_LOCALITY	Specifies the location of a resource.
DWRITE_MEASURING_MODE	Indicates the measuring method used for text layout.
DWRITE_NUMBER_SUBSTITUTION_METHOD	Specifies how to apply number substitution on digits and related punctuation.
DWRITE_OPTICAL_ALIGNMENT	The optical margin alignment mode.
DWRITE_OUTLINE_THRESHOLD	The DWRITE_OUTLINE_THRESHOLD enumeration contains values that specify the policy used by the IDWriteFontFace1::GetRecommendedRenderingMode method to determine whether to render glyphs in outline mode.
DWRITE_PANOSE_ARM_STYLE	The DWRITE_PANOSE_ARM_STYLE enumeration contains values that specify the style of termination of stems and rounded letterforms for text.
DWRITE_PANOSE_ASPECT	The DWRITE_PANOSE_ASPECT enumeration contains values that specify the ratio between the width and height of the character face.
DWRITE_PANOSE_ASPECT_RATIO	The DWRITE_PANOSE_ASPECT_RATIO enumeration contains values that specify info about the ratio between width and height of the character face.
DWRITE_PANOSE_CHARACTER_RANGES	The DWRITE_PANOSE_CHARACTER_RANGES enumeration contains values that specify the type of characters available in the font.
DWRITE_PANOSE_CONTRAST	The DWRITE_PANOSE_CONTRAST enumeration contains values that specify the ratio between thickest and thinnest point of the stroke for a letter such as uppercase 'O'.
DWRITE_PANOSE_DECORATIVE_CLASS	The DWRITE_PANOSE_DECORATIVE_CLASS enumeration contains values that specify the general look of the character face.
DWRITE_PANOSE_DECORATIVE_TOPOLOGY	The DWRITE_PANOSE_DECORATIVE_TOPOLOGY enumeration contains values that specify the overall shape characteristics of the font.
DWRITE_PANOSE_FAMILY	The DWRITE_PANOSE_FAMILY enumeration contains values that specify the kind of typeface classification.
DWRITE_PANOSE_FILL	The DWRITE_PANOSE_FILL enumeration contains values that specify the type of fill and line treatment.
DWRITE_PANOSE_FINIALS	The DWRITE_PANOSE_FINIALS enumeration contains values that specify how character ends and miniscule ascenders are treated.
DWRITE_PANOSE_LETTERFORM	The DWRITE_PANOSE_LETTERFORM enumeration contains values that specify the roundness of letterform for text.
DWRITE_PANOSE_LINING	The DWRITE_PANOSE_LINING enumeration contains values that specify the handling of the outline for the decorative typeface.
DWRITE_PANOSE_MIDLINE	The DWRITE_PANOSE_MIDLINE enumeration contains values that specify info about the placement of midline across uppercase characters and the treatment of diagonal stem apexes.
DWRITE_PANOSE_PROPORTION	The DWRITE_PANOSE_PROPORTION enumeration contains values that specify the proportion of the glyph shape by considering additional detail to standard characters.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SCRIPT_FORM	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SCRIPT_FORM enumeration contains values that specify the general look of the character face, with consideration of its slope and tails.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SCRIPT_TOPOLOGY	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SCRIPT_TOPOLOGY enumeration contains values that specify the topology of letterforms.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SERIF_STYLE	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SERIF_STYLE enumeration contains values that specify the appearance of the serif text.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SPACING	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SPACING enumeration contains values that specify character spacing (monospace versus proportional).
DWRITE_PANOSE_STROKE_VARIATION	The DWRITE_PANOSE_STROKE_VARIATION enumeration contains values that specify the relationship between thin and thick stems of text characters.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SYMBOL_ASPECT_RATIO	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SYMBOL_ASPECT_RATIO enumeration contains values that specify the aspect ratio of symbolic characters.
DWRITE_PANOSE_SYMBOL_KIND	The DWRITE_PANOSE_SYMBOL_KIND enumeration contains values that specify the kind of symbol set.
DWRITE_PANOSE_TOOL_KIND	The DWRITE_PANOSE_TOOL_KIND enumeration contains values that specify the kind of tool that is used to create character forms.
DWRITE_PANOSE_WEIGHT	The DWRITE_PANOSE_WEIGHT enumeration contains values that specify the weight of characters.
DWRITE_PANOSE_XASCENT	The DWRITE_PANOSE_XASCENT enumeration contains values that specify the relative size of the lowercase letters.
DWRITE_PANOSE_XHEIGHT	The DWRITE_PANOSE_XHEIGHT enumeration contains values that specify info about the relative size of lowercase letters and the treatment of diacritic marks (xheight).
DWRITE_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT	Specifies the alignment of paragraph text along the flow direction axis, relative to the top and bottom of the flow's layout box.
DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY	Represents the internal structure of a device pixel (that is, the physical arrangement of red, green, and blue color components) that is assumed for purposes of rendering text.
DWRITE_READING_DIRECTION	Specifies the direction in which reading progresses. Note: DWRITE_READING_DIRECTION_TOP_TO_BOTTOM and DWRITE_READING_DIRECTION_BOTTOM_TO_TOP are available in Windows 8.1 and later, only.
DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE enumerations	Starting in Windows 8, the DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE enumeration added new enumeration values and deprecated others.
DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE1	Specifies how glyphs are rendered.
DWRITE_SCRIPT_SHAPES	Indicates additional shaping requirements for text.
DWRITE_TEXT_ALIGNMENT	Specifies the alignment of paragraph text along the reading direction axis, relative to the leading and trailing edge of the layout box.
DWRITE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE	The DWRITE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE enumeration contains values that specify the type of antialiasing to use for text when the rendering mode calls for antialiasing.
DWRITE_TEXTURE_TYPE	Identifies a type of alpha texture.
DWRITE_TRIMMING_GRANULARITY	Specifies the text granularity used to trim text overflowing the layout box.
DWRITE_VERTICAL_GLYPH_ORIENTATION	The DWRITE_VERTICAL_GLYPH_ORIENTATION enumeration contains values that specify the desired kind of glyph orientation for the text.
DWRITE_WORD_WRAPPING	Specifies the word wrapping to be used in a particular multiline paragraph. Note: DWRITE_WORD_WRAPPING_EMERGENCY_BREAK, DWRITE_WORD_WRAPPING_WHOLE _WORD, and DWRITE_WORD_WRAPPING_CHARACTER are available in Windows 8.1 and later, only.