FontFamily

Namespace: System.Drawing

Assembly: System.Drawing.Managed (4.0.0.0)

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

C#

public class FontFamily : MarshalByRefObject, IDisposable

VB.NET

Public Class FontFamily
    Inherits MarshalByRefObject
    Implements IDisposable

Constructors

FontFamily(name)

Initializes a new instance of the FontFamily class.

Name	Type	Description
name	String	The name of the new FontFamily.

FontFamily(name, fontCollection)

Initializes a new instance of the FontFamily class from the specified generic font family.

Name	Type	Description
name	String
fontCollection	FontCollection

FontFamily(genericFamily)

Initializes a new instance of the FontFamily class from the specified generic font family.

Name	Type	Description
genericFamily	GenericFontFamilies	The GenericFontFamilies from which to create the new FontFamily.

Properties

Families

FontFamily[]: Gets an array that contains all the FontFamily objects associated with the current graphics context.

GenericMonospace

FontFamily: Gets a generic monospace FontFamily.

GenericSansSerif

FontFamily: Gets a generic sans serif FontFamily object.

GenericSerif

FontFamily: Gets a generic serif FontFamily.

Name

String: Gets the name of this FontFamily.

Methods

Dispose()

Finalize()

Finalizes an instance of the FontFamily class.

GetCellAscent(style)

Returns the cell ascent, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.

Parameter	Type	Description
style	FontStyle	A FontStyle that contains style information for the font.

Returns: Int32. The cell ascent for this FontFamily that uses the specified FontStyle.

GetCellDescent(style)

Returns the cell descent, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.

Parameter	Type	Description
style	FontStyle	A FontStyle that contains style information for the font.

Returns: Int32. The cell descent for this FontFamily that uses the specified FontStyle.

GetEmHeight(style)

Returns the height, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.

Parameter	Type	Description
style	FontStyle	A FontStyle that contains style information for the font.

Returns: Int32. The height for this FontFamily that uses the specified FontStyle.

GetLineSpacing(style)

Returns the line spacing, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style. The line spacing is the vertical distance between the base lines of two consecutive lines of text.

Parameter	Type	Description
style	FontStyle	The FontStyle to apply.

Returns: Int32. The distance between two consecutive lines of text.

GetName(language)

Returns the name, in the specified language, of this FontFamily.

Parameter	Type	Description
language	Int32	The language in which the name is returned.

Returns: String. A String that represents the name, in the specified language, of this FontFamily.

IsStyleAvailable(style)

Indicates whether the specified FontStyle enumeration is available.

Parameter	Type	Description
style	FontStyle	The FontStyle to test.

Returns: Boolean. true if the specified FontStyle is available; otherwise,false.