From 4770df95a0ace5e4e8f67e8ea85392e464fbaad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:08:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixes for rotated text drawing

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@11446 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
---
 docs/latex/wx/dc.tex        | 5 +++++
 samples/drawing/drawing.cpp | 4 +++-
 src/msw/dc.cpp              | 7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
index 94354be934..95d44545be 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ for filling the shape.
 
 Draws the text rotated by {\it angle} degrees.
 
+{\bf NB:} Under Win9x only TrueType fonts can be drawn by this function. In
+particular, a font different from {\tt wxNORMAL\_FONT} should be used as the
+latter is not a TrueType font. {\tt wxSWISS\_FONT} is an example of a font
+which is.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{DrawText}{wxdcdrawtext}
diff --git a/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp b/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
index 0e8f8ee757..9fdf5136d3 100644
--- a/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
+++ b/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
@@ -824,7 +824,9 @@ void MyCanvas::DrawText(wxDC& dc)
     dc.DrawText( "This is text", 110, 10 );
     dc.DrawRotatedText( "That is text", 20, 10, -45 );
 
-    dc.SetFont( *wxNORMAL_FONT );
+    // use wxSWISS_FONT and not wxNORMAL_FONT as the latter can't be rotated
+    // under Win9x (it is not TrueType)
+    dc.SetFont( *wxSWISS_FONT );
 
     wxString text;
     dc.SetBackgroundMode(wxTRANSPARENT);
diff --git a/src/msw/dc.cpp b/src/msw/dc.cpp
index 721a1fb3c7..7606a64098 100644
--- a/src/msw/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dc.cpp
@@ -1009,9 +1009,10 @@ void wxDC::DoDrawRotatedText(const wxString& text,
 #ifndef __WXMICROWIN__
     else
     {
-        // NB: don't take DEFAULT_GUI_FONT because it's not TrueType and so
-        //     can't have non zero orientation/escapement
-        wxFont font = m_font.Ok() ? m_font : *wxNORMAL_FONT;
+        // NB: don't take DEFAULT_GUI_FONT (a.k.a. wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT)
+        //     because it's not TrueType and so can't have non zero
+        //     orientation/escapement under Win9x
+        wxFont font = m_font.Ok() ? m_font : *wxSWISS_FONT;
         HFONT hfont = (HFONT)font.GetResourceHandle();
         LOGFONT lf;
         if ( ::GetObject(hfont, sizeof(lf), &lf) == 0 )