July 7, 2005

The Old New Thing

What struck me about life in the Republic

Raymond Chen July 7, 2005 Jul 7, 2005 07/7/05

When people asked me for my reaction to the most recent Star Wars movie, I replied that what struck me most was that the Republic doesn't appear to have any building codes. There are these platforms several hundred meters above the ground with no railings. For example, Padmé Amidala's fancy apartment has a front porch far above the ...

What are SYSTEM_FONT and DEFAULT_GUI_FONT?

Raymond Chen July 7, 2005 Jul 7, 2005 07/7/05

Among the things you can get with the GetStockObject function are two fonts called SYSTEM_FONT and DEFAULT_GUI_FONT. What are they? They are fonts nobody uses any more. Back in the old days of Windows 2.0, the font used for dialog boxes was a bitmap font called System. This is the font that SYSTEM_FONT retrieves, and it is still the...

The Old New Thing

July 7, 2005 - The Old New Thing

What struck me about life in the Republic

What are SYSTEM_FONT and DEFAULT_GUI_FONT?

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