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typedef struct _BITMAPMETRICS {
    SIZEL sizlExtent;
    POINTFX pfxOrigin;
    POINTFX pfxCharInc;
} BITMAPETRICS;
 
The BITMAPMETRICS structure defines the character cell that corresponds to a
given glyph bitmap. The structure gives the width and height of the cell,
the position of the bitmap relative to the origin of the cell, and the
horizontal and vertical increments.
 
Member      Description
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sizlExtent  Specifies the width and height of the bitmap. Since scan lines
            are aligned on 32-bit boundaries, the byte width of a scan line
            is the number of pixels rounded to the next multiple of 32 and
            divided by 8.
 
pfxOrigin   Specifies the position of the upper-left corner of the bitmap
            relative to the character origin.
 
pfxCharInc  Specifies the increment to the next character. In this case,
            PFXCHARINC.X is the increment along the baseline.
 
Comments
 
The increment and origin of a character may be such that consecutive
characters overlap. That is, the origin may be negative or the increment may
be smaller that the actual width. The device driver is responsible for
drawing overlapping glyphs without overwriting characters.
 
When calculating string widths, a device driver uses the increment as the
width.
 
See Also
 
SIZEL, POINTFX
 
 
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