[PATCH v2 0/1] MR10358: comctl32:Add TrueType font support for vertically tab text.

[Maotong Zhang (＠xiaotong)]

Wine-Bug:https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50582

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  v2: comctl32:Add TrueType font support for vertically tab text.
 
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358

[PATCH v2 1/1] comctl32:Add TrueType font support for vertically tab text.

[Maotong Zhang]

From: Maotong Zhang <[e-mail]>

Wine-Bug:https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50582
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 dlls/comctl32/tab.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/tab.c b/dlls/comctl32/tab.c
index 352c4bf861d..dfb6985113a 100644
--- a/dlls/comctl32/tab.c
+++ b/dlls/comctl32/tab.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,7 @@ TAB_DrawItemInterior(const TAB_INFO *infoPtr, HDC hdc, INT iItem, RECT *drawRect
 
       logfont.lfEscapement = nEscapement;
       logfont.lfOrientation = nOrientation;
+      logfont.lfOutPrecision = OUT_TT_ONLY_PRECIS;
       hFont = CreateFontIndirectW(&logfont);
       SelectObject(hdc, hFont);
 
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GitLab

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358

[Nikolay Sivov (＠nsivov)]

Should rotation not work for non TT case?

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358#note_132587

[Maotong Zhang (＠xiaotong)]

Yes. For non TT fonts, rotation usually doesn’t work.

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358#note_132590

[Zhiyi Zhang (＠zhiyi)]

On Mon Mar 23 10:08:19 2026 +0000, Maotong Zhang wrote:
> Yes. For non TT fonts, rotation usually doesn’t work.
> I tried drawing vertical text using the System font, which is a bitmap font on Windows. The text is drawn vertically. So maybe we should fix CreateFontIndirectA() or ExtTextOutW() instead.
    case WM_PAINT:
    {
        PAINTSTRUCT ps;
        HDC hdc;
        RECT rect;
        LOGFONTA logfont = { 0 };
        HFONT old_font, font2;

        hdc = wParam ? (HDC)wParam : BeginPaint( hwnd, &ps );

        logfont.lfEscapement = 900;
        logfont.lfOrientation = 900;
        logfont.lfHeight = -12;
        logfont.lfWeight = FW_NORMAL;
        strcpy(logfont.lfFaceName, "System");
        font2 = CreateFontIndirectA(&logfont);

        SetRect(&rect, 50, 50, 100, 100);
        old_font = SelectObject(hdc, font2);

        ExtTextOutW(hdc, 50, 50, ETO_OPAQUE, &rect, L"12345", 5, 0);
        SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
        DeleteObject(font2);

        if ( !wParam ) EndPaint( hwnd, &ps );
        return 0;
    }

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358#note_133350

[Nikolay Sivov (＠nsivov)]

On Mon Mar 23 10:08:19 2026 +0000, Zhiyi Zhang wrote:
> I tried drawing vertical text using the System font, which is a bitmap
> font on Windows. The text is drawn vertically. So maybe we should fix
> CreateFontIndirectA() or ExtTextOutW() instead.
> ```c
>     case WM_PAINT:
>     {
>         PAINTSTRUCT ps;
>         HDC hdc;
>         RECT rect;
>         LOGFONTA logfont = { 0 };
>         HFONT old_font, font2;
>         hdc = wParam ? (HDC)wParam : BeginPaint( hwnd, &ps );
>         logfont.lfEscapement = 900;
>         logfont.lfOrientation = 900;
>         logfont.lfHeight = -12;
>         logfont.lfWeight = FW_NORMAL;
>         strcpy(logfont.lfFaceName, "System");
>         font2 = CreateFontIndirectA(&logfont);
>         SetRect(&rect, 50, 50, 100, 100);
>         old_font = SelectObject(hdc, font2);
>         ExtTextOutW(hdc, 50, 50, ETO_OPAQUE, &rect, L"12345", 5, 0);
>         SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
>         DeleteObject(font2);
>         if ( !wParam ) EndPaint( hwnd, &ps );
>         return 0;
>     }
> I agree. Proposed fix looks more like a workaround, that can potentially select different font, if I understand it correctly.

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358#note_133351

[Maotong Zhang (＠xiaotong)]

On Mon Mar 23 10:12:57 2026 +0000, Nikolay Sivov wrote:
> I agree. Proposed fix looks more like a workaround, that can potentially
> select different font, if I understand it correctly.
> Okay, I’ll test it.

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/10358#note_133377