Custom .ttf fonts to use in C# windows.Form

Question

How do I use a custom .tff font file I have with my current windows.forms application? I read some where that I use it as an embedded resource, but how do I set it the System.Drawing.Font type?

Answer 1

Use the AddFontResourceEx API function through p/invoke, passing FR_PRIVATE to prevent installing a global font. Then you should be able to pass the font name to the Font constructor as usual.

Edit: If you use the PrivateFontCollection and load the font from an external file, you don't even need this. If you load the font from an embedded resource, use Ash's solution.

Answer 2

This article: How to embed a true type font shows how to do what you ask in .NET.

See the Form1_Paint event handler, it shows specifically how to set the System.Drawing.Font type. It is based on using the System.Drawing.Text.PrivateFontCollection class.

Hope this helps.