Convert string to font

[Wim]

I would like to store the ListView font in the XML config file. So I have
a string variable listFont that stores the font (font.ToString()). It
must be a string variable because a Font object cannot be written to the
XML config file. Next time the program is started the font is read from
the config file. But how to convert the string to a Font object?

 

[Daniel Pratt]

Hi Wm,

I would like to store the ListView font in the XML config file. So I have
a string variable listFont that stores the font (font.ToString()). It
must be a string variable because a Font object cannot be written to the
XML config file. Next time the program is started the font is read from
the config file. But how to convert the string to a Font object?

An example of converting a font to/from a string:

...
FontDialog fd = new FontDialog();

if(fd.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel )
{
Font font = fd.Font;
Console.WriteLine("Font: {0}", font.ToString());

TypeConverter tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Font));
string fontString = tc.ConvertToString(font);
Console.WriteLine("Font as string: {0}", fontString);

Font newFont = (Font)tc.ConvertFromString(fontString);
Console.WriteLine("Font: {0}", newFont.ToString());
}
...

Regards,
Dan

 

[Zürcher See]

Why you don't save the Font propriety?

If you use the following constructor, save the familyName and the emSize in
the config file.

Font.Font(string familyName,float emSize)

 

[Wim]

An example of converting a font to/from a string:

Cool! Works great. Thank you very much.