Font: a C++ class

Font: a C++ class
        
This class is used in

Fractal Generator.
    Avi Examples

The header file
Font.h

/*
   Font.h

Copyright (C) 2002-2005 René Nyffenegger

This source code is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
   warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
   arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
   including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
   freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; you must not
      claim that you wrote the original source code. If you use this source code
      in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
      appreciated but is not required.

2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
      misrepresented as being the original source code.

3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

René Nyffenegger rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch
*/

#ifndef FONT_H_
#define FONT_H_

#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <windows.h>

#include "STD_STR.h"

class Font {

public:
  Font(STD_STR const& name, int size=12, bool bold=false, bool italic=false, bool underlined=false);

~Font();

protected:
    friend class DC;
    Font(HFONT f) : font_(f){};
    operator HFONT() const {return font_;};

private:
    HFONT font_;
};

#endif

The implementation file
Font.cpp

/*
   Font.cpp

Copyright (C) 2002-2004 René Nyffenegger

This source code is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
   warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
   arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
   including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
   freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; you must not
      claim that you wrote the original source code. If you use this source code
      in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
      appreciated but is not required.

2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
      misrepresented as being the original source code.

3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

René Nyffenegger rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch
*/

#include "Font.h"

Font::Font(STD_STR const& name, int size, bool bold, bool italic, bool underlined) {
  font_ = ::CreateFont(size, 0, 0, 0, bold? FW_BOLD : FW_NORMAL, italic, underlined, false,
      DEFAULT_CHARSET,
      OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
      CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
      DEFAULT_QUALITY,
      FF_DONTCARE,
      name.c_str());

if (!font_) {
    throw "Couldn't create font";
  }
}

Font::~Font() {
  ::DeleteObject(font_);
}