SystemFonts.GetFontByName(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Package:

System.Drawing.Common v9.0.0-rc.2.24474.1

Source:

SystemFonts.cs

Returns a font object that corresponds to the specified system font name.

public:
 static System::Drawing::Font ^ GetFontByName(System::String ^ systemFontName);

public static System.Drawing.Font? GetFontByName (string systemFontName);

static member GetFontByName : string -> System.Drawing.Font

Public Shared Function GetFontByName (systemFontName As String) As Font

Parameters

systemFontName

String

The name of the system font you need a font object for.

Returns

Font

A Font if the specified name matches a value in SystemFonts; otherwise, null.

Remarks

The GetFontByName method returns null if the specified name does not match a font in the SystemFonts enumeration.