FontFamily::ToString Method ()

 

Converts this FontFamily to a human-readable string representation.

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

public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

Return Value

Type: System::String^

The string that represents this FontFamily.

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 creates a FontFamily and draws a string representation of the font family to the screen.

public:
   void ToString_Example( PaintEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Create a FontFamily object.
      FontFamily^ myFontFamily = gcnew FontFamily( "Arial" );

      // Draw a string representation of myFontFamily to the screen.
      e->Graphics->DrawString( myFontFamily->ToString(), gcnew System::Drawing::Font( myFontFamily,16 ),
            Brushes::Black, PointF(0,0) );
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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