Title: How to rotate a font
Question: How to rotate a font
Answer:
procedure TextOutAngle(x,y,aAngle,aSize: integer; txt: string);
var hFont, Fontold: integer;
DC: hdc;
Fontname: string;
begin
if length(txt)= 0 then
EXIT;
DC:= Screen.ActiveForm.Canvas.handle;
SetBkMode(DC, transparent);
Fontname:= Screen.ActiveForm.Canvas.Font.Name;
hFont:= CreateFont(-aSize,0, aAngle*10,0, fw_normal,0, 0,
0,1,4,$10,2,4,PChar(Fontname));
Fontold:= SelectObject(DC, hFont);
TextOut(DC,x,y,PChar(txt), length(txt));
SelectObject(DC, Fontold);
DeleteObject(hFont);
end;
You can use this function (e.g.) in any method of TForm.