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4/8/2010

The font used in a Windows Embedded CE menu can be based on hard-coded values or on registry values. The following list shows the default hard coded font values:

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lfHeight = 13;
lfWidth = 0;
lfEscapement = 0;
lfOrientation = 0;
lfWeight = FW_BOLD for Bar menus and FW_NORMAL for Popup menus
lfItalic = FALSE;
lfUnderline = FALSE;
lfStrikeOut = FALSE;
lfCharSet = ANSI_CHARSET;
lfOutPrecision = OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
lfClipPrecision = CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
lfQuality = DEFAULT_QUALITY;
lfPitchAndFamily = DEFAULT_PITCH | FF_SWISS;
lfFaceName = "MS Sans Serif"

Bar Menu Settings

The following example shows the registry settings that control the system bar menu:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\BarFnt
	lfHeight = "Ht"
	lfWeight = "Wt"
	lfCharSet  = "CS"
	lfItalic  = "It"
	lfFaceName = "Nm"

Pop-up Menu Settings

The following example shows the registry settings that control the system pop-up menu:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\PopFnt
	lfHeight = "Ht"
	lfWeight = "Wt"
	lfCharSet  = "CS"
	lfItalic  = "It"
	lfFaceName = "Nm"

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