FontWeights Class
Provides a set of static predefined FontWeight values.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
The FontWeights type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Black | Specifies a "Black" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Bold | Specifies a "Bold" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | DemiBold | Specifies a "Demi-bold" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | ExtraBlack | Specifies an "Extra-black" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | ExtraBold | Specifies an "Extra-bold" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | ExtraLight | Specifies an "Extra-light" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Heavy | Specifies a "Heavy" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Light | Specifies a "Light" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Medium | Specifies a "Medium" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Normal | Specifies a "Normal" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Regular | Specifies a "Regular" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | SemiBold | Specifies a "Semi-bold" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | Thin | Specifies a "Thin" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | UltraBlack | Specifies an "Ultra-black" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | UltraBold | Specifies an "Ultra-bold" font weight. |
![]() ![]() | UltraLight | Specifies an "Ultra-light" font weight. |
A font weight describes the relative weight of a font, in terms of the lightness or heaviness of the strokes. Weight differences are generally differentiated by an increased stroke or thickness that is associated with a given character in a font, as compared to a "normal" character from that same font.
The FontWeights values correspond to the usWeightClass definition in the OpenType specification. The usWeightClass represents an integer value between 1 and 999. Lower values indicate lighter weights; higher values indicate heavier weights.
Font weight | usWeightClass |
|---|---|
100 | |
200 | |
300 | |
400 | |
500 | |
600 | |
700 | |
800 | |
900 | |
950 |
For more information about the OpenType usWeightClass value, see the "Font File Tables" section of the OpenType specification.
In the following code example, the FontWeight is set to "UltraBold".
<TextBlock FontWeight="UltraBold" FontFamily="Gil Sans MT">Hello, world</TextBlock>
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