IMLangFontLink Interface

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This interface implements a set of services that enable an application to use font linking.

IMLangFontLink Methods

GetFontCodePages	Retrieves the set of code pages whose characters can be output by the given font on the given device context.
MapFont	Creates a font to output the characters from the given set of code pages.
ReleaseFont	Releases a font object created by the IMLangFontLink::MapFont method.
ResetFontMapping	Clears the font cache that is used to store fonts created by IMLangFontLink::MapFont.

Interface Information

Implementation	MultiLanguage Object (Mlang.dll)
Inherits from	IUnknown
Header and IDL files	Mlang.h, Mlang.idl
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0

Windows CE

Windows CE	Use version 2.12 and later
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0

Remarks

This interface enables an application to utilize font linking. Font linking is a term used to describe the process of automatic font switching based on the character code values of the text stream to be rendered. For example, characters for Hebrew and Japanese are not likely included in a single font. The services provided by this interface would allow a client to switch between a Hebrew font and a Japanese font to output a string containing characters from both languages. IMLangFontLink does this by creating custom fonts and providing an underlying font cache in the implementation.