Unusual Font Conversion

Question

Hi All,

I have the following string in a file, and it needs to be converted back to a Font object. But I'm not sure how to do this one:

font string:

[Font: Name=Segoe UI, Size=14, Units=3, GdiCharSet=1, GdiVerticalFont=False]

I appreciate any help at all, thank you

bael

Answer 1

Check out my FontBuilder class in the CC.Utilities library. It does exactly what you want and provides an extension method ToStringEx() to cover the FontStyle property that Font.ToString() is missing.

I originally wrote it so I could store a Font in the registry

Edit: Here are the specific files it you're not interested in the whole thing:

FontBuilder: http://ccutilities.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/40596#648008 FontExtensions: http://ccutilities.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/40596#664902

Answer 2

There are various Font constructors, this one appears to fit the bill:

Font Constructor (String, Single, FontStyle, GraphicsUnit, Byte, Boolean)

Initializes a new Font using the specified size, style, unit, and character set.

Parameters

familyName
Type: System.String
A string representation of the FontFamily for the new Font.

emSize
Type: System.Single
The em-size of the new font in the units specified by the unit parameter.

style
Type: System.Drawing.FontStyle
The FontStyle of the new font.

unit
Type: System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit
The GraphicsUnit of the new font.

gdiCharSet
Type: System.Byte
A Byte that specifies a GDI character set to use for this font.

gdiVerticalFont
Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating whether the new Font is derived from a GDI vertical font.

Unless I've misread your string of course.

You would need to parse the string to pass the appropriate values to the constructor.