Control.FontFamily Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets the font family of the control.

public:
 property System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ FontFamily { System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Font)]
public System.Windows.Media.FontFamily FontFamily { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Font)>]
member this.FontFamily : System.Windows.Media.FontFamily with get, set

Public Property FontFamily As FontFamily

Property Value

FontFamily

A font family. The default is the system dialog font.

Attributes

BindableAttribute LocalizabilityAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to set the font family property of a control.

<Button Name="btn2" FontFamily="Arial" 
        Click="ChangeFontFamily">
  FontFamily
</Button>

void ChangeFontFamily(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{

    ffamily = btn2.FontFamily;
    str = ffamily.ToString();
    if (str == ("Arial Black"))
    {
        btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial");
        btn2.Content = "FontFamily";
    }
    else
    {
        btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial Black");
        btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black.";
    }
}

Private Sub ChangeFontFamily(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    ffamily = btn2.FontFamily
    str = ffamily.ToString()
    If (str = ("Arial Black")) Then

        btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial")
        btn2.Content = "FontFamily"

    Else

        btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial Black")
        btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black."

    End If
End Sub

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the FontFamily property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	FontFamilyProperty
Metadata properties set to true	AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender, Inherits