GetTextAscent() returns 0

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Hi
im using the function GetTextAscent() to calculate the fonts height. on some computers it works properly and on others it returns 0 for the same code. mostly on 32bit computers with Win XP.
it happens with font Ariel Narrow Bold.
does any one have an idea why ?

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micha Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 18 Dec 11 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote micha Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: GetTextAscent() returns 0 Posted: 14 Mar 12 at 3:23PM
	Hi im using the function GetTextAscent() to calculate the fonts height. on some computers it works properly and on others it returns 0 for the same code. mostly on 32bit computers with Win XP. it happens with font Ariel Narrow Bold. does any one have an idea why ?

edvoigt Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 26 Mar 11 Location: Berlin, Germany Status: Offline Points: 111	Post Options Post Reply Quote edvoigt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 12 at 4:44PM
	Hi micha, if it works on one PC and on other not, the task is to find the difference. Do you check the return-value of AddTrueTypeFontFromFile ('Arial Narrow Bold')? Werner

fargburger Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 03 Apr 12 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote fargburger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 12 at 6:01PM
	Arial Narrow Bold will only be on your computer if you've got MS Office. We had that problem recently. I think, however, that it still works when we use 'Arial Narrow [bold]' the only difference is that Arial Narrow is substituted with Arial and our reports look all goofy. Regardless, you're probably going to want to embed the font, so if you can't embed it and Adobe gives you a warning saying it can't find the font, then you've got something to go off of.