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──Microsoft Foundation Classes──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
  Windows 3.1 only
 
  UINT GetOutlineTextMetrics( UINT cbData,
                              OUTLINETEXTMETRIC FAR* lpotm ) const;
 
  Parameter   Description
 
  <cbData>    Specifies the size, in bytes, of the buffer to which
              information is returned.
 
  <lpotm>     Points to an OUTLINETEXTMETRIC structure. If this parameter
              is NULL, the function returns the size of the buffer
              required for the retrieved metric information.
 
  Remarks
 
  Retrieves metric information for TrueType fonts.
 
  The ◄OUTLINETEXTMETRIC► structure contains most of the font metric
  information provided with the TrueType format, including a ◄TEXTMETRIC►
  structure. The last four members of the ◄OUTLINETEXTMETRIC► structure
  are pointers to strings. Applications should allocate space for these
  strings in addition to the space required for the other members. Because
  there is no system-imposed limit to the size of the strings, the
  simplest method for allocating memory is to retrieve the required size
  by specifying NULL for <lpotm> in the first call to the
  GetOutlineTextMetrics function.
 
  Return Value
 
  Nonzero if the function is successful; otherwise, 0.
 
  See Also
 
  ◄::GetTextMetrics►, ◄::GetOutlineTextMetrics►, ◄CDC::GetTextMetrics►
 
 
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