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SystemFonts Class

Specifies the fonts used to display text in Windows display elements.

System.Object
  System.Drawing.SystemFonts

Namespace:  System.Drawing
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
public sealed class SystemFonts

The SystemFonts type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public property Static member CaptionFont Gets a Font that is used to display text in the title bars of windows.
Public property Static member DefaultFont Gets the default font that applications can use for dialog boxes and forms.
Public property Static member DialogFont Gets a font that applications can use for dialog boxes and forms.
Public property Static member IconTitleFont Gets a Font that is used for icon titles.
Public property Static member MenuFont Gets a Font that is used for menus.
Public property Static member MessageBoxFont Gets a Font that is used for message boxes.
Public property Static member SmallCaptionFont Gets a Font that is used to display text in the title bars of small windows, such as tool windows.
Public property Static member StatusFont Gets a Font that is used to display text in the status bar.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Static member GetFontByName Returns a font object that corresponds to the specified system font name.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Each property of the SystemFonts class returns a Font used to display text in a particular Windows display element, such as the title bar of a window. These fonts reflect the current settings in Control Panel.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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