Fonts & GDI - Beginners			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Guide to WIN32 Paint for beginners Updated: 20 Mar 2002 Beginner's guide to understanding how to paint to a window in the WIN32 SDK environment VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Paul Watt	4.62
Drawing lines, shapes, or text on bitmaps Updated: 12 Apr 2002 Quick reference to draw lines, shapes, or text on bitmaps VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Davide Pizzolato	4.40
Using SetWorldTransform() to rotate basic shapes by any angle Updated: 24 Feb 2002 How to use SetWorldTransform() to draw basic shapes rotated by any angle VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner	lucy	4.20
Using color gradients as backgrounds in your dialogs and views Updated: 9 Jun 2002 Beginner article that shows how you can create horizontal, vertical and diagonal backgrounds. Also tells you what to watch out for, to avoid flickering when doing complicated drawing. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Nishant Sivakumar	3.73
Introduction to drawing in Windows Updated: 20 Mar 2000 A simple introduction to using DCs to draw in Windows VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner	William T. Block	3.53
Fade Effect - Gradient effect - Alphablending - Thumbnail Image - Copy HBITMAP - Unedited Updated: 14 Mar 2008 How easy to Play with color of bitmap VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, Windows, MFC, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	saiful_vonair	2.51
Using Color Gradients in Win32/SDK Programs Updated: 12 Oct 2002 How to create a color gradient as a background in a SDK application. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Beginner	einst992	2.50

Fonts & GDI - Device Contexts			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Flicker Free Drawing In MFC Updated: 25 Mar 2002 A simple animation example which is used to show CMemDC in several modes VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Keith Rule	4.84
Saving Drawing Contexts Updated: 27 Mar 2001 GDI objects selected in a DC can't be deleted - even when you call DeleteObject. This handy class makes these potential leaks a thing of the past. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.72
Flicker free redrawing and background buffering of drawing with two simple classes Updated: 27 Mar 2000 Two classes that make double buffering simple VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Ernst Versteeg	4.70
Rotate your graphics - advanced memory device context Updated: 17 Jan 2000 A memory DC that allows you to rotate your graphics VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Bühler	4.50
CWebImageDC Updated: 27 Aug 2000 Provides a memory based DC into which an image may be drawn using standard GDI calls. NT4, GDI, Dev, Advanced	Randy More	4.39
Dynamic DC Updated: 18 Sep 2000 A Device Context class to draw on a window outside of a WM_PAINT handler. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Craig Henderson	4.28
CBufferDC: a simple MFC class for automatic flicker free drawing Updated: 3 May 2007 A CPaintDC replacement for in OnPaint painting. Simply change CPaintDC dc(this) in CBufferDC dc(this), and you're done C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Gladstone	4.00
Double Buffered DC Class Updated: 15 Jan 2004 CDC descendant with double buffering abilities VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Kolesnichenko	3.22

Fonts & GDI - Fonts			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Hershey Font wrapper class Updated: 28 Mar 2000 Using Hershey vector fonts for faster rendering NT4, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Randy More	4.59
Finding a Font file from a Font name Updated: 10 Jul 2001 How to find the name of a font file, given the display name of a font VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.53
Retrieving font name from TTF file Updated: 12 Dec 2002 Explains how to retrieve a font name from TrueType or OpenType files (.ttf) VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, C++/CLI, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Philip Patrick	4.52
Width of text in italic font Updated: 23 Aug 2006 Shows an alternative to GetCharABCWidths and GetCharABCWidthsFloat. VC6, VC7, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Alexandru Matei	4.48
XFontCombo - An OpenType-aware font combobox Updated: 26 May 2003 XFontCombo demonstrates the use of IsOpenType(), a function that determines if a font is OpenType VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.28
KanjiFont Updated: 14 Feb 2001 Display Chinese & Japanese characters on unicode & non-unicode systems VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Eric Crahen	4.04
Simple text rotation Updated: 26 Sep 2000 A simple function to rotate text around its center point within a rectangle. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	iucon	4.03
XFont - Get font name and file information Updated: 21 May 2003 XFont retrieves the name of the font file from the regsitry, and the font name from the font file VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	3.80
Detecting the Display Font Size Updated: 25 Oct 2002 Simple function to enable you to programmatically detect the user-selected font at runtime. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Chen Su	2.83

Fonts & GDI - GDI Objects			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Guide to WIN32 Paint for Intermediates Updated: 4 Apr 2002 Guide to understanding how Windows generates WM_PAINT messages, manages the update region for a window, and how to use all common type DCs. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Paul Watt	4.85
CAutoPen class - a CPen that IS correctly destroyed Updated: 24 Nov 1999 VC6, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Anneke Sicherer-Roetman	4.57
How to set a font for all child windows Updated: 7 Dec 1999 A technique for changing the font for all child windows in your main application VC6, NT4, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Zoran M. Todorovic	4.36
Automatic Font Handling Class Updated: 28 Dec 1999 A class to make working with LOGFONTs easier VC6, VS6, Windows, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Jamie Nordmeyer	4.27
Display Animated Cursors stored in Resources Updated: 14 Dec 1999 Demonstrates how to use an animated gif stored in your resource file as an animated cursor VC6, NT4, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Bernd Wißler	3.80

Fonts & GDI - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
MFC classes for multiple monitors Updated: 27 Aug 2003 Class wrappers around the Win32 multi-monitor API VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Don Kackman	4.84
Falling Snow on Your Desktop! Updated: 20 Dec 2006 This article explains how to create an application that makes it snow on the desktop. VC6, VS6, Windows, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Tolmachev	4.83
Screen Color Picker Updated: 25 Mar 2002 A simple application that retrieves the color codes from any area of your screen, with some cool options. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Florin Vasilescu	4.75
Animated Dialog Windows Updated: 17 Apr 2000 A class that provides some simple, yet spectacular window animation effects. Try the demo! VC6, NT4, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Anton Stuck	4.73
Device Context Utilities Updated: 24 Jan 2001 A class that encapsulates some useful, GUI related, static functions VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Jason Troitsky	4.71
XHtmlDraw - Draw text with HTML tags and anchor links - Unedited Updated: 6 Nov 2007 XHtmlDraw allows you to display a single line HTML text as easily as using DrawText(), including web links and APP: links, no MFC VC6, VC8.0, WinXP, Vista, VS2005, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.70
DrawHTML Updated: 28 Oct 2004 A drop-in replacement for the DrawText() SDK function with minimal HTML support. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, C, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Ukkie9	4.70
Antialiasing: Wu Algorithm Updated: 6 Nov 2007 Generating smooth lines with antialiasing; sample code for animation is included VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	.Suchit	4.69
Generating Aesthetic line styles - Unedited Updated: 6 Apr 2008 A novel way to create complex line patterns VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Durga Prasad Dhulipudi	4.61
XBreadCrumbBar - Draw breadcrumb trail with hyperlinks and HTML - Unedited Updated: 7 Aug 2007 XBreadCrumbBar is a windowless non-MFC class that allows you to display a breadcrumb trail as HTML text, with support for web links and APP: links. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, Windows, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.53
QuickFill: An efficient flood fill algorithm. Updated: 12 Mar 2004 Design and implimentation of efficient flood fill algorithms. VC6, NT4, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	John R. Shaw	4.50
Falling Snow on Your Desktop! Part II Updated: 16 Dec 2007 This article explains how to create an application that makes it snow on the desktop. VS2005, VS6, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Beginner	Igor Tolmachev	4.50
Using Subscripts and Superscripts When Showing Text in the Device Context Updated: 10 Jan 2006 Extended version of ExtTextOut supporting subscripts and superscripts VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Victor Ricklefs	4.45
CTGraphics - Anti-Alias C++ Drawing Updated: 13 Dec 2006 An article on anti-aliased C++ drawing. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	4.45
An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements Updated: 4 Oct 2003 An article using GDI to create a scalable periodic table of the elements. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Terry O'Nolley	4.39
Per Pixel Alpha Blend Updated: 20 Apr 2001 Demonstrates how to create per pixel alpha blending windows VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Rui Lopes	4.39
Alternative to MFC for GDI programming Updated: 19 Jun 2007 Exploring the MFC GDI classes' inner working and proposing an alternative. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	lano1106	4.36
Glow and Shadow Effects using Windows GDI Updated: 28 Oct 2007 An article on creating glow and shadow effects using plain Windows GDI VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	4.31
Using the DeferWindowPos APIs Updated: 14 Dec 1999 Presents a class to wrap the BeginDeferWindowPos/EndDeferWindowPos/DeferWindowPos APIs VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	William E. Kempf	4.29
Naming common colors Updated: 28 Jul 2001 An include file that allows you to specify colors by name instead of RGB value VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, ATL, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Ales Krajnc	4.28
Drawing Arrows Updated: 30 Nov 2002 How to draw arrows (with arrowheads) to an arbitrary DC. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Jamie Hale	4.27
Drawing Techniques Updated: 31 Mar 2001 Learn how to effectively draw your dialogs. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.24
A Simple HTML drawing class Updated: 5 Aug 2003 Drawing HTML text onto a device context VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	BadJerry	4.20
Desktop Puzzle Game Updated: 12 Sep 2006 A Desktop puzzle game. VC6, Win2K, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	H adi Dayvary	4.15
Magnifying Cursor Updated: 27 Jan 2003 This cursor can magnify... VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Aniket Nayak	4.14
Antialiasing Using Windows GDI Updated: 1 Dec 2007 An article on a simple but efficient method to do antialiasing using plain Windows GDI C++, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	3.94
Textout with wordwrapping and text selection Updated: 1 Jul 2001 This is a simple text display view with wordwrapping and text selection capabilities. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, STL, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	selom ofori	3.90
A Memory DC for WTL Updated: 10 Mar 2002 An article detailing a simple memory-based device context for the WTL, to be used when flicker-free double-buffered drawing is desired VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Paul A. Howes	3.87
Using the AlphaBlend function Updated: 1 Feb 2000 A sample application that uses the AlphaBlend function to produce a transparent splash screen VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Wooseok Seo	3.85
A powerful and flexible text drawing function which has simple markup tags Updated: 1 Sep 2004 This function makes for you to draw a fancy text easy. VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	YoungJin Shin	3.83
Different resolutions for different users Updated: 6 Jan 2004 A resolution changer to get per-user resolution settings VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	maciejr	3.81
Tearing-free drawing with GDI Updated: 3 Jul 2003 Drawing with VSYNC locked and low CPU usage VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	wheregone	3.77
Who Owns the GUI? Updated: 16 May 2000 Learn about who owns the GUI definition and pitfalls of GUI programming. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph M. Newcomer	3.77
Using the DrawAnimatedRects() function Updated: 26 Jan 2000 Shows how to use the DrawAnimatedRects function to improve the look of your apps. VC6, NT4, VS6, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Chris Maunder, Norm .net, Santosh Rao	3.69
Barry's Screen Capture Updated: 11 Jan 2003 An article showing methods of screen capture VC6, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Barretto VN	3.64
2D Animated Charts Updated: 24 Jan 2005 An article on creating 2D animated charts using Windows GDI. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	3.58
EMF record rotation for EMR_POLYGON16 Updated: 17 Nov 2002 EMF record rotation for EMR_POLYGON16 VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Devin	3.50
Color class with support for named colors and HSV values Updated: 22 Oct 2001 An article describing the CColor class - an RGB encapsulation which supports named colors, system colors and translation to HSV values. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	David Hall	3.29
Replacing the Default MFC Icon Updated: 16 Feb 2000 How to replace the default MFC icon in your application. NT4, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Shahzad Khan	3.26
The GDI magic - Rendering reflections and smooth shadows Updated: 21 Feb 2007 An article on rendering reflections and shadows using Windows GDI. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	3.19
Drawing vertical text Updated: 11 Sep 2006 An extension to the GDI DrawText. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	WalderMort	3.18
A cool GDI pattern brush tool with C++ source code Updated: 27 Aug 2003 A cool GDI pattern brush tool with C++ source code, You can create a new office xp style pattern fill mode quickly VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	ucc801	3.13
Do a flicker-free drawing using MFC methods Updated: 13 Jun 2002 How to achieve flicker-free drawing when using the methods MFC provides VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	lucy	3.11
ASCII Animation (Just for fun) Updated: 20 May 2002 Draw and animate ASCII characters to a window using this COM object. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Jason Henderson	3.00
Creating a true dotted pen Updated: 23 Jun 2004 A fix for creating pens using PS_DOT. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	MaxHacker	2.79
Generating Aesthetic Line Styles Updated: 10 Apr 2008 This is useful mainly in CAD/GIS and allied applications where there is a need for customized line types. C++, Windows, MFC, GDI, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Durga Prasad Dhulipudi	2.60
Article On Screen Resolution Updated: 17 Apr 2003 Article on changing screen resolution. VC6, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Barretto VN	2.59
Autopanning all Windows, Views and Controls Updated: 19 Nov 1999 Autopan within your own application VC6, NT4, VS6, GDI, Dev, Advanced	Maximilian Pasternak	2.50
Rendering text on top of a bitmap Updated: 29 Feb 2004 Rendering text on top of a bitmap. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	DavidCrow	2.25
S.I.V.: A simple pie chart with legend Updated: 3 Aug 2004 Simplicity Is Virtue : how do draw a simple pie chart almost anywhere VC6, VS6, Windows, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	T1TAN	2.17
Choose Color Dialog Updated: 7 Aug 2001 This article demonstrates a tool for previewing foreground and background color combinations. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	PPresedo	2.09
Digital Analog Clock Updated: 17 Aug 2002 Digital analog clock VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Barretto VN	2.07
New way to export a memory DC to a windows bitmap file - Unedited Updated: 10 Jun 2008 A more easy way VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Ray Guan	1.55
Color gradient in fullscreen window - Unedited Updated: 15 Nov 2005 Creates a full screen window and shows a color gradient on it VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS6, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Emmanuel Arun Vinod	1.38
eGUI, a anmiated UI develop kit - Unedited Updated: 16 Dec 2007 A easy-to-use widget libary to develop the animation GUI based on Windows GDI VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, C++, Windows, GDI, Dev, Design, Advanced	Yang XiaoWang	1.24

Fonts & GDI - Mouse Capture			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Capturing the Mouse Updated: 3 Mar 2000 Notes on TrackMouseEvent, and SetCapture on Win32. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Chris Becke	3.98

Fonts & GDI - Owner-Draw			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Custom Captions (including multi-line captions) Updated: 15 Jul 2000 Simple customised Window captions, including multi-line captions VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, GDI, Dev, Advanced	Dave Lorde	4.63
Draw your control's skin using a pattern brush Updated: 21 Jun 2001 You can impliment skin control by returning a brush from the OnCtlColor() method VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Wooseok Seo	3.47
TCX Owner Draw Engine Updated: 1 Dec 1999 A class that helps writing owner-drawn controls with text formatting capabilities VC6, NT4, VS6, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Thales P. Carvalho	2.83

Fonts & GDI - Regions			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
A Guide to WIN32 Clipping Regions Updated: 9 Apr 2002 Guide to understand the three different types of clipping regions, and how they relate to the Device Context. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, GDI, Dev, Beginner	Paul Watt	4.80
Custom light-weight regions Updated: 11 Jun 2004 Regions encapsulation in lite-weight C++ objects. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, GDI, Dev, Advanced	valdok	4.77
Creating alternate GUI using Vector Art Updated: 6 Feb 2000 Create visually complex, yet programmatically simple, non-rectangular GUIs VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, GDI, Dev, Advanced	Keith Rule	4.69