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Vladut
Vladut

Reputation: 657

Property 'Font' is 'ReadOnly' vb.net for new Font

What is wrong in my code

    Dim privateFonts As New System.Drawing.Text.PrivateFontCollection()
    privateFonts.AddFontFile("C:\Documents and Settings\somefont.ttf")
    Dim font As New System.Drawing.Font(privateFonts.Families(0), 12)
    LBL_Test.Font = font

I have error on line: LBL_Test.Font = font

LBL_test is standard label like that:

<asp:Label ID="LBL_Test" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 631

Answers (2)

Mohamed Allam
Mohamed Allam

Reputation: 69

try

LBL_Test.Styles.Add("font-family", "MyCustomFont")

Upvotes: 1

James Thorpe
James Thorpe

Reputation: 32212

Since you're in a web page, you can't use a Font object like you'd do in WinForms or WPF, and indeed the documentation shows that the Font property is readonly:

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Font As FontInfo

Instead, you're working with CSS and HTML styling, so you can style it using those sorts of properties, for example:

LBL_Test.Font.Name = "Verdana"
LBL_Test.Font.Bold = true

To do this sort of styling, you're often better off adding a CSS class and using stylesheets to do the styling, eg:

LBL_Test.CssClass = "MyClass"

Or in your markup:

<asp:Label ID="LBL_Test" CssClass="MyClass" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

and then in a stylesheet:

.MyClass {
    font-family: Verdana;
    font-weight: bold
}

etc.

Having said all that, it looks like you want to use some sort of custom font. In order to do that, you'll either need to have it installed on the computer the browser is running on, or instead use a web font:

@font-face {
    font-family: "MyCustomFont";
    src: url("http://your-server/somefont.ttf");
}

.MyClass {
    font-family: "MyCustomFont"
}

Upvotes: 2

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