Formatting.Font Property

Provides access to the cell font.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

Declaration

C#

SpreadsheetFont Font { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Font As SpreadsheetFont

Property Value

Type	Description
SpreadsheetFont	A SpreadsheetFont object providing properties to change cell font attributes.

Remarks

For details on how to set different characteristics of a cell font, see the How to: Configure Cell Font Settings example.

Example

This example demonstrates how to format cells in a worksheet.

• To format an individual cell, access the corresponding Cell object and modify its properties (for example Formatting.Font, Formatting.Fill, Formatting.Borders, Formatting.Alignment and Formatting.NumberFormat).
• To format a range of cells, access and modify the Formatting object via the CellRange.BeginUpdateFormatting - CellRange.EndUpdateFormatting paired methods.

View Example

FormattingActions.cs

// Access the cell to be formatted.
Cell cell = worksheet.Cells["B2"];

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
cell.Font.Size = 14;
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;
// Access the range of cells to be formatted.
CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:E6"];

// Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14;
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;

// End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting);

FormattingActions.vb

' Access the cell to be formatted.
Dim cell As Cell = worksheet.Cells("B2")

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue
cell.Font.Size = 14
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center
' Access the range of cells to be formatted.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet.Range("C3:E6")

' Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center

' End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part1/CS/SpreadsheetExamples/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L55

// Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-1-e4938/CS/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_API/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L37

// Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-e4655/CS/SpreadsheetControl/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L36

// Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-a-range-of-cells-wpf-spreadsheet-e4968/CS/ConditionalFormatting_WPF_Examples/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormatting.cs#L42

// Set the font color to red.
cfRule1.Formatting.Font.Color = Color.Red;
// Create the rule highlighting values that are one standard deviation below the mean in cells D2 through D15.

how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-a-range-of-cells-e4959/CS/ConditionalFormatting_Example/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormatting.cs#L45

// Set the font color to red.
cfRule1.Formatting.Font.Color = Color.Red;
// Create the rule highlighting values that are one standard deviation below the mean in cells D2 through D15.

VB.NET

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part1/VB/SpreadsheetExamples/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L59

' Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-1-e4938/VB/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_API/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L36

' Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-e4655/VB/SpreadsheetControl/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L36

' Set the font color to Blue.
myStyle.Font.Color = Color.Blue

how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-a-range-of-cells-wpf-spreadsheet-e4968/VB/ConditionalFormatting_WPF_Examples/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormatting.vb#L40

' Set the font color to red.
cfRule1.Formatting.Font.Color = Color.Red
' Create the rule highlighting values that are one standard deviation below the mean in cells D2 through D15.

how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-a-range-of-cells-e4959/VB/ConditionalFormatting_Example/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormatting.vb#L41

' Set the font color to red.
cfRule1.Formatting.Font.Color = Color.Red
' Create the rule highlighting values that are one standard deviation below the mean in cells D2 through D15.