Table 4-1

Text Attribute Bit Positions

Attribute Name	Description	Bit Position	Hex Mask
A_STANDOUT	Highlight the text so that it stands out	16	0x00010000
A_UNDERLINE	Underline text	17	0x00020000
A_REVERSE	Text foreground and background colors are reversed	18	0x00040000
A_BLINK	Text blinks	19	0x00080000
A_DIM	Text is dimmed	20	0x00100000
A_BOLD	Text is bold (intense)	21	0x00200000
A_ALTCHARSET	Activate the alternative character set	22	0x00400000
A_INVIS	Text is invisible	23	0x00800000
A_PROTECT	Text is protected	24	0x01000000
A_HORIZONTAL	Text is displayed horizontally	25	0x02000000
A_LEFT	Text is displayed on the left	26	0x04000000
A_LOW	Text is displayed low	27	0x08000000
A_RIGHT	Text is displayed on the right	28	0x10000000
A_TOP	Text is displayed high (top)	29	0x20000000
A_VERTICAL	Text is displayed vertically	30	0x40000000
Unused	Unused	31	0x80000000