#263 – Specifying Font Properties

In WPF, you specify the font for text elements by specifying values for one or more font-related properties.

There are five main properties for specifying font characteristics, found in the Control class.

• FontFamily – The typeface, e.g. Arial
• FontSize – The size of the text, in device independent units, points, inches, or centimeters
• FontStretch – Optionally stretch/compress the font
• FontStyle – Set font as italic (e.g. Italic, Oblique)
• FontWeight – Set font as bold or light (e.g. Bold, Light, Extra-Bold, etc)

Below is a simple example.

	<TextBlock FontFamily="Cambria" FontSize="14 pt" FontStyle="Normal" FontWeight="Normal"
		HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="300" Height="100" TextWrapping="Wrap">
		A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
	</TextBlock>