Can I format some text using my own fontstyle?

Hi,

Do you mean custom Font?  I'm not sure I've seen any examples of using a custom FontStyle in a regular TextBlock/TextBox, if you have seen any or have some code, could you post here please?

Thanks!

I mean using my own ttf file. Something like this:

<TextBlock Name="test" FontFamily="timheuer.ttf#Tim Heuer Normal"></TextBlock>

or if you do it programatically:

WebClient client = new WebClient();

client.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(client_OpenReadCompleted);

client.OpenReadAsync(new Uri("../timheuer.ttf", UriKind.Relative));

void client_OpenReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)

{

      if (e.Error == null && !e.Cancelled)

      {

        test.Text = "ewfuhewuhfewhiuewhgiuewhiu";

                test.FontSource = new FontSource(e.Result);

                test.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Tim Heuer Normal");

                //fonts[Tim Heuer Normal"] = e.Result;

            }

        }

Hi dan,

I think this one is quite useful example http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/03/10/embedding-fonts-in-silverlight-2.aspx

I'm interested in using external or custom fonts with your control. But haven't found a way to so with RichTextBox control.

Any ideas.

Thanks!

Hi,

At the moment you cannot use custom fonts like this.  The only way supported at the moment is to include your ttf file in your XAP and have a style in your RichText XML that looks something like this:

<Style ID="myStyle" FontFamily="timheuer.ttf#Tim Heuer Normal" FontSize="10" />

And then to use the style in your XML use the folloowing:

<Text Style="myStyle"><![CDATA[Some text]]></Text>

Or in code to apply the font to a text selection you can use:

myRichTextBox.ApplyFormatting(Formatting.FontFamily, "timheuer.ttf#Tim Heuer Normal");

Hope this helps!