Application.SetDefaultFont(Font) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Sets the default Font for the process.

public:
 static void SetDefaultFont(System::Drawing::Font ^ font);

public static void SetDefaultFont (System.Drawing.Font font);

static member SetDefaultFont : System.Drawing.Font -> unit

Public Shared Sub SetDefaultFont (font As Font)

Parameters

font: Font

The font to be used as a default across the application.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

font is null.

InvalidOperationException

You can only call this method before the first window is created by your Windows Forms application.

Remarks

The system text scale factor is applied to the font. For example, if the default font is set to "Calibri, 11f" and the text scale factor is set to 150%, the resulting default font is set to "Calibri, 16.5f".

You can adjust text scale with the Make text bigger slider on the Settings > Ease of Access > Vision/Display screen.

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