DXFontRepository.AddFont(Byte[]) Method

Loads a font from a byte array.

Namespace: DevExpress.Drawing

Assembly: DevExpress.Drawing.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Drawing

Declaration

C#

public void AddFont(
    byte[] fontData
)

VB.NET

Public Sub AddFont(
    fontData As Byte()
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fontData	Byte[]	A byte array that contains font data.

Remarks

The AddFont method supports the following font formats:

• TrueType fonts (.TTF)

• OpenType fonts that use CFF (Compact Font Format) glyph outlines (.OTF)

• OpenType Font Collections (.TTC, .OTC) that contain multiple fonts in a single file

To avoid excessive layout recalculations, add the required fonts to DXFontRepository before you load a document, report or dashboard that uses these fonts.

Loaded fonts are not saved to the document, report or dashboard. They are used to display, print, or export the document, report or dashboard to PDF.

The code sample below adds custom fonts to DXFontRepository. This example uses the following Google fonts:

• Emilys Candy
• Fredericka the Great

C#

using DevExpress.Drawing;
//...

DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(File.ReadAllBytes(@"Fonts\EmilysCandy-Regular.ttf"));
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(File.ReadAllBytes(@"Fonts\FrederickatheGreat-Regular.ttf"));
//...

DXFontRepository.Instance.Dispose();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Drawing
'...

DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(File.ReadAllBytes("Fonts\EmilysCandy-Regular.ttf"))
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(File.ReadAllBytes("Fonts\FrederickatheGreat-Regular.ttf"))
'...

DXFontRepository.Instance.Dispose()

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-wpf-use-private-custom-font-distributed-with-application/CS/PrivateFontDemo/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L17

    byte[] fontData = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(fontFilePath);
    DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(fontData);
}

VB.NET

reporting-wpf-use-private-custom-font-distributed-with-application/VB/PrivateFontDemo/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L19

    Dim fontData() As Byte = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(fontFilePath)
    DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(fontData)
End Sub