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• Jazz Soft

  Try using the PrivateFontCollection class, it allows you add a font from a file.
  
  

• khan2025

  Edited, improved and updated private font info and code at my other thread.

  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=542664&SiteID=1

  (original hack removed)

  
  
  

• AlexSok

  (Edited Reply) Experts, is there a way to shorten this code

  Imports System.Drawing

  Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

  Public Class Form1

  Public privateFontCollection As New Drawing.Text.PrivateFontCollection

  Public FamilyName As String

  Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

  ' Name embedded resource font file

  Dim m As New System.IO.MemoryStream(My.Resources.PENMP___)

  Dim fontStream As IO.Stream = m

  Dim data As System.IntPtr = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(fontStream.Length)

  'create a buffer to read in to

  Dim fontdata() As Byte

  ReDim fontdata(fontStream.Length)

  'fetch the font program from the resource

  fontStream.Read(fontdata, 0, fontStream.Length)

  'copy the bytes to the unsafe memory block

  Marshal.Copy(fontdata, 0, data, fontStream.Length)

  'pass the font to the font collection

  privateFontCollection.AddMemoryFont(data, fontStream.Length)

  'close the resource stream

  fontStream.Close()

  'free the unsafe memory

  Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(data)

  FamilyName = privateFontCollection.Families(0).Name

  TextBox1.Font = New Font(FamilyName, 24.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))

  End Sub

  End Class

  
  
  

• rdrast

  hi,

  Is your problem solved

  Thank you,
  Bhanu.

  
  
  

• Aryan_Patel_05

  Hi is this thread still alive I'd like to comment on it..

  I was having the same issue as Dewald was describing, I tested the code examplesubmitted by Tall Dude, but it is not working for me. At runtime the variable 'FamilyName' shows the name of my embedded font, but "Sans Serif" is the font actually being assigned to my control by the Font constructor.

  Thanks,

  Oyvind

  
  

• LittleNew

  Thank you for your reply.I have tried it before without sucsess.I will try it again.

  Do you know if a font in the privateFont Collection can be used in a rich text editor, textbox and with the drawString method

  
  
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