Font::ToString Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns a human-readable string representation of this Font.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
The returned string has the following format:
[Font: Name=fontName, Size=size, Units=units, GDiCharSet=gdiCharSet, GdiVerticalFont=boolean]
The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgse, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:
Creates a Font.
Gets a string that represents the font.
Displays the string in a message box.
public: void ToString_Example( PaintEventArgs^ /*e*/ ) { // Create a Font object. System::Drawing::Font^ myFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Arial",16 ); // Get a string that represents myFont. String^ fontString = myFont->ToString(); // Display a message box with fontString. MessageBox::Show( fontString ); }
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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