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FontFamily Class

Defines a group of type faces having a similar basic design and certain variations in styles. This class cannot be inherited.

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

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class FontFamily _
	Inherits MarshalByRefObject _
	Implements IDisposable
'Usage
Dim instance As FontFamily

The following code example shows all the font families in the Families property of the FontFamily class. This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form. To run this example, add a ListBox named listBox1 to a form and call the PopulateListBoxWithFonts method from the form's constructor.

Private Sub PopulateListBoxWithFonts()
    listBox1.Width = 200
    listBox1.Location = New Point(40, 120)
    Dim oneFontFamily As FontFamily
    For Each oneFontFamily In FontFamily.Families
        listBox1.Items.Add(oneFontFamily.Name)
    Next 
End Sub

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

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

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, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
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