In
computing,
TextOut is one of 6 text output functions in the
GDI component of the
Windows API. It takes an
ASCII or
Unicode string, and draws it on a graphical device such as a screen. It is the most simple of the 6, requiring only 5 parameters, but it does not appear to be the most commonly used:
ExtTextOut[?] provides support for bounding rectangles which is necessary in most applications.
DrawText[?] and
DrawTextEx[?] provide many complex alignment and formatting options not available in TextOut.
PolyTextOut[?] and
TabbedTextOut[?] also have their own advantages.
TextOut (hDC, 10, 10, "Hello, Wikipedia", 16);
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