FontStyle Structure (System.Windows)

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FontStyle Structure

Defines a structure that represents the style of a font face as normal, italic, or oblique.

Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

Visual Basic

<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(FontStyleConverter))> _
<LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.None)> _
Public Structure FontStyle _
    Implements IFormattable

[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(FontStyleConverter))]
[LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.None)]
public struct FontStyle : IFormattable

Visual C++

[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(FontStyleConverter))]
[LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory::None)]
public value class FontStyle : IFormattable

[<Sealed>]
[<TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(FontStyleConverter))>]
[<LocalizabilityAttribute(LocalizationCategory.None)>]
type FontStyle =  
    struct
        interface IFormattable
    end

XAML Attribute Usage

<object fontStyleProperty="fontStylesValue"/>

XAML Values

fontStylesValue: A FontStyles value, such as "Normal", "Italic", or "Oblique".

The FontStyle type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(FontStyle)	Compares a FontStyle with the current FontStyle instance for equality.
	Equals(Object)	Compares an Object with the current FontStyle instance for equality. (Overrides ValueType..::.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.)
	GetHashCode	Retrieves the hash code for this object. (Overrides ValueType..::.GetHashCode()()().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Creates a String that represents the current FontStyle object and is based on the CurrentCulture property information. (Overrides ValueType..::.ToString()()().)

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Operators

	Name	Description
	Equality	Compares two instances of FontStyle for equality.
	Inequality	Evaluates two instances of FontStyle to determine inequality.

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IFormattable..::.ToString	For a description of this member, see IFormattable..::.ToString.

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Remarks

Three terms categorize the slant of a font: normal, italic, and oblique.

Font style	Description
Normal	The characters in a normal, or roman, font are upright.
Italic	The characters in an italic font are truly slanted and appear as they were designed.
Oblique	The characters in an oblique font are artificially slanted. The slant is achieved by performing a shear transformation on the characters from a normal font. When a true italic font is not available on a computer or printer, an oblique style can generated from the normal font and used to simulate an italic font.

You can use the enumerated values of the FontStyles class to set the FontStyle structure.

Examples

The following example sets "Italic" as the FontStyle.

XAML

<TextBlock FontStyle="Italic">Italic font style</TextBlock>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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.Windows Namespace