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Control Class
 FontFamily Property

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Control..::.FontFamily Property

Gets or sets the font family of the control. This is a dependency property.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/presentation
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
<LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.Font)> _
Public Property FontFamily As FontFamily
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Control
Dim value As FontFamily

value = instance.FontFamily

instance.FontFamily = value
C#
[BindableAttribute(true)]
[LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.Font)]
public FontFamily FontFamily { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BindableAttribute(true)]
[LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory::Font)]
public:
property FontFamily^ FontFamily {
    FontFamily^ get ();
    void set (FontFamily^ value);
}
JScript
public function get FontFamily () : FontFamily
public function set FontFamily (value : FontFamily)
XAML Property Element Usage
<object>
  <object.FontFamily>
    <FontFamily .../>
  </object.FontFamily>
</object>
XAML Attribute Usage
<object FontFamily="FontFamily" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media..::.FontFamily
A font family. The default is the system dialog font.

Identifier field

FontFamilyProperty

Metadata properties set to true

AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender, Inherits

This property only affects a control whose template uses the FontFamily property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

The following example shows how to set the font family property of a control.

<Button Name="btn2" FontFamily="Arial" 
        Click="ChangeFontFamily">
  FontFamily
</Button>

Visual Basic
Private Sub ChangeFontFamily(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    ffamily = btn2.FontFamily
    str = ffamily.ToString()
    If (str = ("Arial Black")) Then

        btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial")
        btn2.Content = "FontFamily"

    Else

        btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial Black")
        btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black."

    End If
End Sub

C#
void ChangeFontFamily(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{

    ffamily = btn2.FontFamily;
    str = ffamily.ToString();
    if (str == ("Arial Black"))
    {
        btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial");
        btn2.Content = "FontFamily";
    }
    else
    {
        btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial Black");
        btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black.";

    }
}

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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
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