8 bit os_f handles

[Rick Hudson]

In message <Marcel-1.53-0325003740-e616#xE at druck.freeuk.com>
          "David J. Ruck" <druck at freeuk.com> wrote:

> I dont know if this has been raised before, but I do not think os_f should
> be an 8 bit type.

I would have to agree with this though the reason it bothers me is not so
much for future proofing (which is a good reason anyway) but I've had cause
to have variables holding a font handle which I would sometimes like to have
'special' values. Most notably for telling functions to use the current font
or desktop font instead of a specific font. For this I find myself having to
declare variables as ints to allow negative numbers to be held.

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