AppearanceObject.DefaultFont Property

Gets or sets the default font for controls.

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public static Font DefaultFont { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Shared Property DefaultFont As Font

Property Value

Type	Description
Font	A Font object which is the default font for controls. The default value is the Tahoma font.

Remarks

This property is in sync with the WindowsFormsSettings.DefaultFont property. See this topic to learn more.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the DefaultFont property.

Note

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C#

winforms-tab-control-custom-style/CS/WindowsApplication1/Custom style/MySkinTabPainter.cs#L40

pageBounds.Offset(0, 20);
e.Graphics.DrawString(Environment.NewLine + "Custom draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, pageBounds);
pageBounds.Offset(-1, -1);

winforms-grid-customize-find-panel/CS/MyXtraGrid/MyFindControl.cs#L35

FindControl("btClear").MinimumSize = new Size(100, 0);
FindControl("btClear").Font = new Font(AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, FontStyle.Strikeout);
FindControl("btFind").MinimumSize = new Size(100, 0);

winforms-grid-update-row-style-on-cell-value-change/CS/Form1.cs#L37

{
    AppearanceObject.DefaultFont = new Font(AppearanceObject.DefaultFont.FontFamily, 14, FontStyle.Bold);
    InitializeComponent();

winforms-grid-print-export-custom-painted-content/CS/MyXtraGrid/Form1.cs#L53

    e.Cache.DrawEllipse(rect.X, rect.Y, rect.Width, rect.Height, Color.Red, 3);
    e.Cache.Paint.DrawString(e.Cache, "Custom Draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds.Location);
}

winforms-grid-print-custom-draw-content/CS/MyXtraGrid/Form1.cs#L42

    e.Cache.DrawEllipse(e.Cache.GetPen(Color.Red, 3), rect);
    e.Cache.DrawString("Custom Draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds);
}

VB.NET

winforms-tab-control-custom-style/VB/WindowsApplication1/Custom style/MySkinTabPainter.vb#L29

pageBounds.Offset(0, 20)
e.Graphics.DrawString(Environment.NewLine & "Custom draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, pageBounds)
pageBounds.Offset(-1, -1)

winforms-grid-customize-find-panel/VB/MyXtraGrid/MyFindControl.vb#L32

FindControl("btClear").MinimumSize = New Size(100, 0)
FindControl("btClear").Font = New Font(AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, FontStyle.Strikeout)
FindControl("btFind").MinimumSize = New Size(100, 0)

winforms-grid-update-row-style-on-cell-value-change/VB/Form1.vb#L36

Public Sub New()
    AppearanceObject.DefaultFont = New Font(AppearanceObject.DefaultFont.FontFamily, 14, FontStyle.Bold)
    InitializeComponent()

winforms-grid-print-export-custom-painted-content/VB/MyXtraGrid/Form1.vb#L53

    e.Cache.DrawEllipse(rect.X, rect.Y, rect.Width, rect.Height, Color.Red, 3)
    e.Cache.Paint.DrawString(e.Cache, "Custom Draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds.Location)
End Sub

winforms-grid-print-custom-draw-content/VB/MyXtraGrid/Form1.vb#L42

    e.Cache.DrawEllipse(e.Cache.GetPen(Color.Red, 3), rect)
    e.Cache.DrawString("Custom Draw", AppearanceObject.DefaultFont, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds)
End Sub