tags:

views:

173

answers:

1
+1  Q: 

Showing non-default fonts in .NET FontDialog

I'm using the standard .NET FontDialog to allows users to select fonts, but it's not showing all available fonts. For example, we have installed Helvetica and that's not showing. The Helvetica is a TTF if that makes a difference.

Is there any way I can get it show all available fonts?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I'm using .NET 3.5

+1  A: 

The dialog filters fonts that won't work in GDI+. Device fonts and OpenType fonts won't show up, only TrueType fonts are supported. The Helvetica font is published by Adobe, that would make it highly likely to be an OpenType font. You would have to switch to WPF to be able to use this font.

Hans Passant  2009-12-21 18:29:06
Ok, thanks. I didn't realise that OpenType fonts also use the TTF extension.
Peter Alexander  2009-12-22 01:52:12

related questions

Displaying Flash content in a C# WinForms application
How to get the value of built, encoded ViewState?
Unhandled Exception Handler in .NET 1.1
How do I connect to a database and loop over a recordset in C#?
How do I most elegantly express left join with aggregate SQL as LINQ query
Get a new object instance from a Type in C#
.NET Testing Framework Advice
Automatically update version number
What is the difference between an int and an Integer in Java/C#?
How to write to Web.Config in Medium Trust ?
WinForms ComboBox data binding gotcha
How do you sort a C# dictionary by value?
Adding Scripting functionality to .NET applications
Floating Point Number parsing: Is there a Catch All algorithm?
How do I print an HTML document from a web service?
Decoding T-SQL CAST in C#/VB.net
Anatomy of a "Memory Leak"
How do I get a distinct, ordered list of names from a DataTable using Linq
Reliable Timer in a Console Application
How do I fill a DataSet or a DataTable from a LINQ query resultset ?
What's the difference between Math.Floor() and Math.Truncate() in .NET?
How do I calculate relative time?
How do I calculate someone's age in C#?
Are there any conversion tools for porting Visual J# code to C#?
When setting a form's opacity should I use a decimal or double?