Class Font

Defines a text font used for drawing text with Graphics.

Inheritance

object

Font

Implements

IDisposable

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: DRIT.Drawing.Text

Assembly: DRIT.Drawing.dll

Syntax

public sealed class Font : IDisposable

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Constructors

Font(FontFamily, float)

Initializes a new Font with the specified font family and size.

Declaration

public Font(FontFamily family, float emSize)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FontFamily	family	The font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(FontFamily, float, FontStyle)

Initializes a new Font with the specified font family, size, and style.

Declaration

public Font(FontFamily family, float emSize, FontStyle style)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FontFamily	family	The font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font.
FontStyle	style	The style of the font.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(FontFamily, float, FontStyle, GraphicsUnit)

Initializes a new Font with the specified font family, size, style, and unit.

Declaration

public Font(FontFamily family, float emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FontFamily	family	The font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font.
FontStyle	style	The style of the font.
GraphicsUnit	unit	The unit of measurement for the font size.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(FontFamily, float, FontStyle, GraphicsUnit, byte)

Initializes a new Font with the specified font family, size, style, unit, and GDI character set.

Declaration

public Font(FontFamily family, float emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, byte gdiCharSet)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FontFamily	family	The font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font.
FontStyle	style	The style of the font.
GraphicsUnit	unit	The unit of measurement for the font size.
byte	gdiCharSet	The GDI character set.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(string, float)

Initializes a new Font with the specified family name and size.

Declaration

public Font(string familyName, float emSize)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	familyName	The name of the font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font in the specified units.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(string, float, FontStyle)

Initializes a new Font with the specified family name, size, and style.

Declaration

public Font(string familyName, float emSize, FontStyle style)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	familyName	The name of the font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font in the specified units.
FontStyle	style	The style of the font.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Font(string, float, FontStyle, GraphicsUnit)

Initializes a new Font with the specified family name, size, style, and unit.

Declaration

public Font(string familyName, float emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	familyName	The name of the font family.
float	emSize	The em size of the font.
FontStyle	style	The style of the font.
GraphicsUnit	unit	The unit of measurement for the font size.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Properties

Bold

Gets a value indicating whether this font is bold.

Declaration

public bool Bold { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

FontFamily

Gets the font family used by this font.

Declaration

public FontFamily FontFamily { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FontFamily

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

GdiCharSet

Gets the GDI character set.

Declaration

public byte GdiCharSet { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
byte

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

GdiVerticalFont

Gets a value indicating whether this font uses vertical GDI font metrics.

Declaration

public bool GdiVerticalFont { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Height

Gets the line spacing height of this font in pixels.

Declaration

public int Height { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
int

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Italic

Gets a value indicating whether this font is italic.

Declaration

public bool Italic { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Name

Gets the name of this font.

Declaration

public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
string

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

OriginalFontName

Gets the original font name passed to the constructor.

Declaration

public string OriginalFontName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
string

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Size

Gets the size of this font in the specified units.

Declaration

public float Size { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
float

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

SizeInPoints

Gets the size of this font in points.

Declaration

public float SizeInPoints { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
float

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Strikeout

Gets a value indicating whether this font has strikethrough text.

Declaration

public bool Strikeout { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Style

Gets the style of this font.

Declaration

public FontStyle Style { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FontStyle

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Underline

Gets a value indicating whether this font has underlined text.

Declaration

public bool Underline { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Unit

Gets the unit of measurement for the font size.

Declaration

public GraphicsUnit Unit { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
GraphicsUnit

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Methods

Clone()

Creates an exact copy of this font.

Declaration

public Font Clone()

Returns

Type	Description
Font	A new Font with the same family, size, style, and unit.

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Dispose()

Releases all resources used by this font.

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Remarks

A Font is created from a FontFamily and size, and can be styled with FontStyle flags. Fonts are used with Graphics.DrawString to render text.

Implements

IDisposable