RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName Property

Gets or sets the name of the font which is the default font for Rich Edit controls in the application.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue("Calibri")]
public static string DefaultFontName { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue("Calibri")>
Public Shared Property DefaultFontName As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	"Calibri"	A string that is the font name.

Example

The static RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontSize and RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName properties set the default font settings for all RichEditControl instances in the application. It is recommended to place them before initialization of all controls, in the Main method, as illustrated in the following code.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-specify-default-document-formatting-e1398

Program.vb

<STAThread> _
Shared Sub Main()
    Application.EnableVisualStyles()
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontSize = 8
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName = "Tahoma"
    Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub

Program.cs

static void Main() {
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontSize = 8;
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName = "Tahoma";
    Application.Run(new Form1());
}

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C#

how-to-specify-default-document-formatting-e1398/CS/DefaultDocumentSettingsExample/Program.cs#L18

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontSize = 8;
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName = "Tahoma";
Application.Run(new Form1());

VB.NET

how-to-specify-default-document-formatting-e1398/VB/DefaultDocumentSettingsExample/Program.vb#L22

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontSize = 8
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditControlCompatibility.DefaultFontName = "Tahoma"
Application.Run(New Form1())