.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: FontGetWeight

.. _fontgetweight:

FontGetWeight
=============

.. us.tag  FontGetWeight ENGLISH FontGet

:ref:`FontGetWeight` gets the font weight.

.. function::  nWeight = FontGetWeight(hFont)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nWeight* shows how "Bold" a font is. *nWeight* can be
one of the following values:

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Value
     - Meaning
   * - FW_DONTCARE (0)
     - Lets Windows choose settings
   * - FW_THIN (100)
     - Extra Thin
   * - FW_EXTRALIGHT (200)
     - Very Thin
   * - FW_LIGHT (300)
     - Thin
   * - FW_NORMAL (400)
     - Normal
   * - FW_MEDIUM (500)
     - Medium
   * - FW_SEMIBOLD (600)
     - Half Bold
   * - FW_BOLD (700)
     - Bold
   * - FW_EXTRABOLD (800)
     - Very Bold
   * - FW_HEAVY (900)
     - Extra Bold

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: hFont

   Identifies the font.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-fonts`,
   :ref:`FontCreate`,
   :ref:`FontDialog`,
   :ref:`FontSetWeight`

:sub:`id-109058`