WM_FONTCHANGE

An application sends the WM_FONTCHANGE message to all top-level windows in the system after changing the pool of font resources.

WM_FONTCHANGE 
wParam = 0; // not used, must be zero 
lParam = 0; // not used, must be zero 
 

Parameters

This message has no parameters.

Remarks

An application that adds or removes fonts from the system (for example, by using the AddFontResource or RemoveFontResource function) should send this message to all top-level windows.

To send the WM_FONTCHANGE message to all top-level windows, an application can call the SendMessage function with the hwnd parameter set to HWND_BROADCAST.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Requires version 1.0 or later.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.

See Also

Fonts and Text Overview, Font and Text Messages, AddFontResource, RemoveFontResource, SendMessage