FontWeights Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.Text

Provides a set of predefined font weights as static property values.

C#

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class FontWeights

XAML

See XAML Syntax for FontWeight

Inheritance

Object FontWeights

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

This example shows how to set the FontWeight property on a XAML TextBlock.

XAML

<TextBlock Text="FontWeight ExtraBlack" FontWeight="ExtraBlack"/>

C#

TextBlock textBlock1 = new TextBlock();
textBlock1.Text = "FontWeight ExtraBlack";
textBlock1.FontWeight = Windows.UI.Text.FontWeights.ExtraBlack;

Remarks

In standard typography API, the weight of a font is expressed by using constant names, for example "Bold". Using constant names for setting a font weight property is supported through type converter behaviors and also by the FontWeights support class. For code access, the relevant information is expressed as the Weight factor of a FontWeight value.

This image shows the various font weight values applied to text.

Properties

Black	Specifies a font weight value of 900.
Bold	Specifies a font weight value of 700.
ExtraBlack	Specifies a font weight value of 950.
ExtraBold	Specifies a font weight value of 800.
ExtraLight	Specifies a font weight value of 200.
Light	Specifies a font weight value of 300.
Medium	Specifies a font weight value of 500.
Normal	Specifies a font weight value of 400.
SemiBold	Specifies a font weight value of 600.
SemiLight	Specifies a font weight value of 350.
Thin	Specifies a font weight value of 100.

Applies to