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FontFamily Class

.NET Framework 4

Defines a group of type faces having a similar basic design and certain variations in styles. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.Drawing.FontFamily

Namespace: System.Drawing
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

Syntax

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public sealed class FontFamily : MarshalByRefObject, 
	IDisposable

The FontFamily type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	FontFamily(GenericFontFamilies)	Initializes a new FontFamily from the specified generic font family.
	FontFamily(String)	Initializes a new FontFamily with the specified name.
	FontFamily(String, FontCollection)	Initializes a new FontFamily in the specified FontCollection with the specified name.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Families	Returns an array that contains all the FontFamily objects associated with the current graphics context.
	GenericMonospace	Gets a generic monospace FontFamily.
	GenericSansSerif	Gets a generic sans serif FontFamily object.
	GenericSerif	Gets a generic serif FontFamily.
	Name	Gets the name of this FontFamily.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateObjRef	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	Dispose	Releases all resources used by this FontFamily.
	Equals	Indicates whether the specified object is a FontFamily and is identical to this FontFamily. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetCellAscent	Returns the cell ascent, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.
	GetCellDescent	Returns the cell descent, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.
	GetEmHeight	Gets the height, in font design units, of the em square for the specified style.
	GetFamilies	Obsolete. Returns an array that contains all the FontFamily objects available for the specified graphics context.
	GetHashCode	Gets a hash code for this FontFamily. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetLifetimeService	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	GetLineSpacing	Returns the line spacing, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style. The line spacing is the vertical distance between the base lines of two consecutive lines of text.
	GetName	Returns the name, in the specified language, of this FontFamily.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	InitializeLifetimeService	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	IsStyleAvailable	Indicates whether the specified FontStyle enumeration is available.
	MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone(Boolean)	Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	ToString	Converts this FontFamily to a human-readable string representation. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Examples

The following code example shows all the font families in the Families property of the FontFamily class. This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form. To run this example, add a ListBox named listBox1 to a form and call the PopulateListBoxWithFonts method from the form's constructor.

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private void PopulateListBoxWithFonts()
{
    listBox1.Width = 200;
    listBox1.Location = new Point(40, 120);
    foreach ( FontFamily oneFontFamily in FontFamily.Families )
    {
        listBox1.Items.Add(oneFontFamily.Name);
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

System.Drawing Namespace

Other Resources

Using Fonts and Text

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