FontFamily.ToString Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Source:

FontFamily.cs

Converts this FontFamily to a human-readable string representation.

C#

public override string ToString();

Returns

String

The string that represents this FontFamily.

Examples

The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, 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.

C#

public void ToString_Example(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    // Create a FontFamily object.
    FontFamily myFontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial");
             
    // Draw a string representation of myFontFamily to the screen.
    e.Graphics.DrawString(
        myFontFamily.ToString(),
        new Font(myFontFamily, 16),
        Brushes.Black,
        new PointF(0, 0));
}

Applies to