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    int fd = open("log.txt", O_RDONLY);

    // 1. Manually build and initialize the Security Attributes structure
    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
    sa.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
    sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL; // Explicitly no custom security descriptor (inherits default)
    sa.bInheritHandle = FALSE;       // Explicitly state this handle cannot be inherited by child processes

    // 2. We need a handle for the template file parameter. 
    // Win32 requires this to be an active file handle opened with GENERIC_READ, or explicitly INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE.
    HANDLE hTemplateFile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; 

    // 3. Now we call CreateFile with every single parameter fully populated
    HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(
        "log.txt",                 // 1. lpFileName: The file we want to open
        GENERIC_READ,              // 2. dwDesiredAccess: Read-only access
        FILE_SHARE_READ,           // 3. dwShareMode: Prevents any other process from writing to it
        &sa,                       // 4. lpSecurityAttributes: Pointer to our explicitly defined struct
        OPEN_EXISTING,             // 5. dwCreationDisposition: Only open if it already exists
        FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,     // 6. dwFlagsAndAttributes: Normal file, no special caching or async flags
        hTemplateFile              // 7. hTemplateFile: Passing our explicit invalid handle instead of NULL
    );

    HFONT hFont = CreateFont(
        12, 0, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, 
        DEFAULT_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, 
        DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH | FF_DONTCARE, "Arial"
    );

    const char* fontPath = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arial.ttf";
    FT_New_Face(library, fontPath, 0, &face);
    FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face, 0,16  );