nAttribute

Determines the font attribute FONTMETRIC(В ) returns. If you omit cFontName, nFontSize, and cFontStyle, FONTMETRIC(В ) returns the attribute for the current font in the active output window. The following table lists values for nAttribute and the corresponding font attributes returned.

NAttribute	Attribute
1	Character height in pixels
2	Character ascent (units above baseline) in pixels
3	Character descent (units below baseline) in pixels
4	Leading (space between lines) in pixels
5	Extra leading in pixels
6	Average character width in pixels
7	Maximum character width in pixels
8	Font weight.
9	Italic (0 = no, nonzero = yes)
10	Underlined (0 = no, nonzero = yes)
11	Strikeout (0 = no, nonzero = yes)
12	First character defined in font
13	Last character defined in font
14	Default character (substituted for characters not in font)
15	Word-break character
16	Pitch and family
17	Character set
18	Overhang (extra added width)
19	Horizontal aspect for font device
20	Vertical aspect for font device

For more information about the numeric values returned by FONTMETRIC(В ), see the TEXTMETRIC function in the Microsoft Windows Programmer's Reference.

cFontName

Specifies the name of an installed font.

nFontSize

Specifies the point size of the font specified with cFontName.

cFontStyle

Specifies a font style code for the font specified with cFontName. If you omit cFontStyle, FONTMETRIC(В ) returns the attribute for the Normal font style. cFontStyle can be a character or a combination of characters listed in the following font style table. For example, the combination BI specifies the Bold Italic font style.

Character	Font style
B	Bold
I	Italic
N	Normal
O	Outline
Q	Opaque
S	Shadow
–	Strikeout
T	Transparent
U	Underline

Numeric

FONTMETRIC(В ) returns font attributes for the current font for the active output window. WFONT(В ) can be used to determine the current window font.