Applying Bold and/or Italic to a Custom Font

Question

I have a custom font (a *.ttf file) that I am using in my project. I am able to use the font with no problem, but I cannot apply the FontAttributes (Bold & Italic) to it. Some fonts have separate *.ttf files for regular/bold/italic/bolditalic, but in my case, there is only one file. In the UWP version of my app, I was simply able to set a property such as FontWeight to make the font bold, but that does not work with Xamarin.Forms. What can I do? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,​

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Xamarin.Forms provides the FontAttributes property to set the font style. It could also be used for the custom font.

You could specify a value to the FontAttributes in the page.xaml. Check the code:

   <Label Text="Hello Forms with XAML" FontAttributes="Italic" FontFamily="Lobster" />  
   <Label Text="Hello Forms with XAML" FontFamily="Lobster" />  
   <Label Text="Hello Forms with XAML" FontAttributes="Bold " FontFamily="Lobster" />  

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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