Fonts

Is there a way to change the "safe area" on the top and bottom of a font?

What I want to do is this: I have a label that is multilined, but there is a lot of space between the lines since I am using a large font. I would like to trim off a little of the safe area at the top and bottom of the font so the words get 'squished' closer togeter.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

you could just print the text straight to the form in the position you want

You can use a RichTextBox and set custom LineSpacing.
See the code below.
(Note: This code most likely will NOT work on Windos98/Me)

vb Code:

' add a RichTextBox, a Textbox and a CommandButton in a form.
' Type the line-spacing you want (in twips) in the textbox
' and hit the command button
Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal HWND As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
 
Const WM_USER = &H400
Const EM_GETPARAFORMAT As Long = (WM_USER + 61)
Const EM_SETPARAFORMAT = WM_USER + 71
Const PFM_LINESPACING As Long = &H100
 
Const MAX_TAB_STOPS = 32
 
Private Type PARAFORMAT2
    cbSize                     As Long
    dwMask                     As Long
    wNumbering                 As Integer
    wEffects                   As Integer
    dxStartIndent              As Long
    dxRightIndent              As Long
    dxOffset                   As Long
    wAlignment                 As Integer
    cTabCount                  As Integer
    rgxTabs(MAX_TAB_STOPS - 1) As Long
    dySpaceBefore              As Long
    dySpaceAfter               As Long
    dyLineSpacing              As Long
    sStyle                     As Integer
    bLineSpacingRule           As Byte
    bOutlineLevel              As Byte
    wShadingWeight             As Integer
    wShadingStyle              As Integer
    wNumberingStart            As Integer
    wNumberingStyle            As Integer
    wNumberingTab              As Integer
    wBorderSpace               As Integer
    wBorderWidth               As Integer
    wBorders                   As Integer
End Type
 
Private Function SetLineSpacing(lHwnd As Long, LineSpacingInTwips As Long)
    
    Dim pf2 As PARAFORMAT2
    Dim lR As Long
    
    pf2.cbSize = Len(pf2)
    SendMessage lHwnd, EM_GETPARAFORMAT, 0&, pf2
    '
    pf2.dwMask = PFM_LINESPACING
    pf2.bLineSpacingRule = 4
    pf2.dyLineSpacing = LineSpacingInTwips
    pf2.cbSize = Len(pf2)
    SendMessage lHwnd, EM_SETPARAFORMAT, 0, pf2
    
End Function
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    RichTextBox1.SelStart = 0
    RichTextBox1.SelLength = Len(RichTextBox1.Text)
    SetLineSpacing RichTextBox1.HWND, Val(Text1.Text)
    RichTextBox1.SelLength = 0
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text1.Text = 170 'this value looks good in my comp
End Sub

If the label is going to have rather constant, unchanging text length, use two labels in transparent back color instead of one and divide the caption text. Then squeeze the position of the lower one up closer to the one above by adjusting the Top value. It's an old trick but it works.

Ahhh...I totally overlooked the 'label' part. :o
Sorry for making things convoluted. :p