SystemFonts.GetFontByName(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Drawing

Assembly:: System.Drawing.Common.dll

Assembly:: System.Drawing.dll

Package:: System.Drawing.Common v6.0.0

Package:: System.Drawing.Common v7.0.0

Package:: System.Drawing.Common v8.0.0

Package:: System.Drawing.Common v9.0.0-preview.2.24128.3

Source:: SystemFonts.cs

Source:: SystemFonts.cs

Source:: SystemFonts.cs

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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);

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.

Applies to