Gets the em-size of this Font measured in the units specified by the Unit property.
Namespace:
System.Drawing
Assembly:
System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property Size As Single
Dim instance As Font
Dim value As Single
value = instance.Size
public float Size { get; }
public:
property float Size {
float get ();
}
public function get Size () : float
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Font constructor and the Size, SizeInPoints, and Unit properties. This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form that contains a ComboBox named ComboBox1 that is populated with the strings "Bigger" and "Smaller". Paste the following code into the form and associate the ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged method with the SelectedIndexChanged event of the ComboBox control.
Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
' Cast the sender object back to a ComboBox.
Dim ComboBox1 As ComboBox = CType(sender, ComboBox)
' Retrieve the selected item.
Dim selectedString As String = CType(ComboBox1.SelectedItem, String)
' Convert it to lowercase.
selectedString = selectedString.ToLower()
' Declare the current size.
Dim currentSize As Single
' Switch on the selected item.
Select Case selectedString
' If Bigger is selected, get the current size from the
' Size property and increase it. Reset the font to the
' new size, using the current unit.
Case "bigger"
currentSize = Label1.Font.Size
currentSize += 2.0F
Label1.Font = New Font(Label1.Font.Name, currentSize, _
Label1.Font.Style, Label1.Font.Unit)
' If Smaller is selected, get the current size, in points,
' and decrease it by 1. Reset the font with the new size
' in points.
Case "smaller"
currentSize = Label1.Font.SizeInPoints
currentSize -= 1
Label1.Font = New Font(Label1.Font.Name, currentSize, _
Label1.Font.Style)
End Select
End Sub
private void ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(System.Object sender,
System.EventArgs e)
{
// Cast the sender object back to a ComboBox.
ComboBox ComboBox1 = (ComboBox) sender;
// Retrieve the selected item.
string selectedString = (string) ComboBox1.SelectedItem;
// Convert it to lowercase.
selectedString = selectedString.ToLower();
// Declare the current size.
float currentSize;
// Switch on the selected item.
switch(selectedString)
{
// If Bigger is selected, get the current size from the
// Size property and increase it. Reset the font to the
// new size, using the current unit.
case "bigger":
currentSize = Label1.Font.Size;
currentSize += 2.0F;
Label1.Font = new Font(Label1.Font.Name, currentSize,
Label1.Font.Style, Label1.Font.Unit);
// If Smaller is selected, get the current size, in points,
// and decrease it by 1. Reset the font with the new size
// in points.
break;
case "smaller":
currentSize = Label1.Font.SizeInPoints;
currentSize -= 1;
Label1.Font = new Font(Label1.Font.Name, currentSize,
Label1.Font.Style);
break;
}
}
private:
void ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(System::Object^ sender,
System::EventArgs^ e)
{
// Cast the sender object back to a ComboBox.
ComboBox^ ComboBox1 = (ComboBox^) sender;
// Retrieve the selected item.
String^ selectedString = (String^) ComboBox1->SelectedItem;
// Convert it to lowercase.
selectedString = selectedString->ToLower();
// Declare the current size.
float currentSize;
// If Bigger is selected, get the current size from the
// Size property and increase it. Reset the font to the
// new size, using the current unit.
if (selectedString == "bigger")
{
currentSize = Label1->Font->Size;
currentSize += 2.0F;
Label1->Font =gcnew System::Drawing::Font(Label1->Font->Name,
currentSize, Label1->Font->Style, Label1->Font->Unit);
}
// If Smaller is selected, get the current size, in
// points, and decrease it by 2. Reset the font with
// the new size in points.
if (selectedString == "smaller")
{
currentSize = Label1->Font->Size;
currentSize -= 2.0F;
Label1->Font = gcnew System::Drawing::Font(Label1->Font->Name,
currentSize, Label1->Font->Style);
}
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
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