Font functions select, create, remove, and retrieve information about fonts. A font is a subset of a particular typeface, which is a set of characters that share a similar fundamental design. Following are the font functions:
| Function | Description |
| AddFontResource | Adds a font resource in the specified file to the system font table. |
| CreateFont | Creates a logical font that has the specified characteristics. |
| CreateFontIndirect | Creates a logical font that has the specified characteristics. |
| CreateScalableFontResource | Creates a font resource file containing the font directory information and the font module name for a specified scalable font file. |
| EnumFontFamilies | Enumerates the fonts in a specified font family that are available on a given device. (Supersedes the EnumFonts function.) |
| EnumFonts | Enumerates the fonts available on a given device. Superseded by the EnumFontFamilies function. |
| GetAspectRatioFilter | Retrieves the setting for the current aspect-ratio filter. |
| GetAspectRatioFilterEx | Retrieves current aspect-ratio filter. |
| GetCharABCWidths | Retrieves the widths of consecutive characters in a specified range from the current TrueType font. |
| GetCharWidth | Retrieves the widths of individual characters in a range of consecutive characters from the current font. |
| GetFontData | Retrieves font metric data from a TrueType font file. |
| GetGlyphOutline | Retrieves the outline curve or bitmap for an outline character in the current font. |
| GetOutlineTextMetrics | Fills a buffer with metrics for the selected TrueType font. |
| GetRasterizerCaps | Retrieves flags indicating whether TrueType fonts are installed in the system. |
| GetTextFace | Copies the current font name to a buffer. |
| GetTextMetrics | Fills a buffer with metrics for the selected font. |
| RemoveFontResource | Removes a font resource from the font table. |
| SetMapperFlags | Alters the algorithm the font mapper uses. |
For information about using font functions in an application, see the Microsoft Windows Guide to Programming.