FontStyles Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows

Assembly:

PresentationCore.dll

Provides a set of static predefined FontStyle values.

public ref class FontStyles abstract sealed

public static class FontStyles

type FontStyles = class

Public Class FontStyles

Inheritance

Object

FontStyles

Examples

In the following code example, Normal, Italic, and Oblique are used to define the font styles for the TextBlock objects.

<TextBlock FontStyle="Normal">Normal font style</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontStyle="Italic">Italic font style</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontStyle="Oblique">Oblique font style</TextBlock>

Remarks

A font style refers to the slant of a font: normal, italic, and oblique.

Font style	Description
Normal	The characters in a normal, or roman, font are upright.
Italic	The characters in an italic font are truly slanted and appear as they were designed.
Oblique	The characters in an oblique font are artificially slanted

For Oblique, the slant is achieved by performing a shear transformation on the characters from a normal font. When a true italic font is not available on a computer or printer, an oblique style can be generated from the normal font and used to simulate an italic font.

The following illustration shows the normal, italic, and oblique font styles for the Palatino Linotype font. Notice how the italic font style has a more flowing and visually appealing appearance than the oblique font style, which is simply created by skewing the normal font style version of the text.

Example of font styles

Properties

Italic	Specifies an italic FontStyle.
Normal	Specifies a normal FontStyle.
Oblique	Specifies an oblique FontStyle.

See also

• FontStretches
• FontWeights