PageWatermark.Font Property

Gets or sets the font of the PageWatermark.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v22.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Printing.Core, DevExpress.Win.Dashboard.Design

Declaration

C#

[XRLocalizable(true)]
public Font Font { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XRLocalizable(True)>
Public Property Font As Font

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Font	"Verdana, 36pt"	A Font object that defines the text’s format, including font face, size, and style attributes.

Remarks

This member is in effect only for text watermarks.

Example

This example demonstrates how to add a text watermark (the SetTextWatermark method) or an image watermark (the SetPictureWatermark method) to a printing system document.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing;
// ...
public void SetTextWatermark(PrintingSystem ps) {
    // Create the text watermark.
    Watermark textWatermark = new Watermark();

    // Set watermark options.
    textWatermark.Text = "CUSTOM WATERMARK TEXT";
    textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal;
    textWatermark.Font = new Font(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40);
    textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue;
    textWatermark.TextTransparency = 150;
    textWatermark.ShowBehind = false;
    textWatermark.PageRange = "1,3-5";

    // Set the watermark to a document.
    ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(textWatermark);
}
public void SetPictureWatermark(PrintingSystem ps) {
    // Create the text watermark.
    Watermark pictureWatermark = new Watermark();

    // Set watermark options.
    pictureWatermark.ImageSource = ImageSource.FromFile("Watermark.png");
    pictureWatermark.ImageAlign = ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
    pictureWatermark.ImageTiling = false;
    pictureWatermark.ImageViewMode = ImageViewMode.Stretch;
    pictureWatermark.ImageTransparency = 150;
    pictureWatermark.ShowBehind = true;
    pictureWatermark.PageRange = "2,4";

    // Set the watermark to a document.
    ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(pictureWatermark);
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing
' ...
Public Sub SetTextWatermark(ByVal ps As PrintingSystem)
    ' Create the text watermark.
    Dim textWatermark As New Watermark()

    ' Set watermark options.
    textWatermark.Text = "CUSTOM WATERMARK TEXT"
    textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal
    textWatermark.Font = New Font(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40)
    textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue
    textWatermark.TextTransparency = 150
    textWatermark.ShowBehind = False
    textWatermark.PageRange = "1,3-5"

    ' Set the watermark to a document.
    ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(textWatermark)
End Sub
Public Sub SetPictureWatermark(ByVal ps As PrintingSystem)
    ' Create the text watermark.
    Dim pictureWatermark As New Watermark()

    ' Set watermark options.
    pictureWatermark.ImageSource = ImageSource.FromFile("Watermark.png")
    pictureWatermark.ImageAlign = ContentAlignment.TopCenter
    pictureWatermark.ImageTiling = False
    pictureWatermark.ImageViewMode = ImageViewMode.Stretch
    pictureWatermark.ImageTransparency = 150
    pictureWatermark.ShowBehind = True
    pictureWatermark.PageRange = "2,4"

    ' Set the watermark to a document.
    ps.Watermark.CopyFrom(pictureWatermark)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-watermark-different-pages/CS/Form1.cs#L39

textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal;
textWatermark.Font = new Font(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40);
textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-watermark-different-pages/VB/Form1.vb#L38

textWatermark.TextDirection = DirectionMode.ForwardDiagonal
textWatermark.Font = New Font(textWatermark.Font.FontFamily, 40)
textWatermark.ForeColor = Color.DodgerBlue