AppearanceObject.Font Property

Gets or sets the font used to paint the text.

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.1.dll

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

Declaration

C#

[XtraSerializableProperty]
[DXCategory("Font")]
public virtual Font Font { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraSerializableProperty>
<DXCategory("Font")>
Public Overridable Property Font As Font

Property Value

Type	Description
Font	A Font object specifying the font used to display the contents of elements.

Remarks

The following example specifies custom fonts and font settings of a simple button and grid columns:

C#

using System.Drawing;

namespace DXApplication {
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            simpleButton1.Appearance.Font = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

            gridColumn1.AppearanceHeader.Font = new Font("Courier New", 14, FontStyle.Bold);
            gridColumn1.AppearanceCell.Font = new Font("Courier New", 10, FontStyle.Bold);

            gridColumn2.AppearanceHeader.Font = new Font("Times New Roman", 14, FontStyle.Underline);
            gridColumn2.AppearanceCell.Font = new Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Underline);

            gridView1.OptionsView.ColumnHeaderAutoHeight = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing

Namespace DXApplication
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            simpleButton1.Appearance.Font = New Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold)

            gridColumn1.AppearanceHeader.Font = New Font("Courier New", 14, FontStyle.Bold)
            gridColumn1.AppearanceCell.Font = New Font("Courier New", 10, FontStyle.Bold)

            gridColumn2.AppearanceHeader.Font = New Font("Times New Roman", 14, FontStyle.Underline)
            gridColumn2.AppearanceCell.Font = New Font("Times New Roman", 10, FontStyle.Underline)

            gridView1.OptionsView.ColumnHeaderAutoHeight = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Default Application Font

DevExpress WinForms controls use the “Tahoma” font as the default font. Use the following properties to change the default font used by DevExpress controls in your application:

• WindowsFormsSettings.DefaultFont - Gets or sets the default font for DevExpress controls (except menus and toolbars). This is a static property.
• WindowsFormsSettings.DefaultMenuFont - Gets and sets the default font used to display text on menus, toolbars and popup menus (except Ribbon elements). This is a static property.
• WindowsFormsSettings.DefaultPrintFont - Gets or sets the default text font for printing. This is a static property.

Read the following topic for additional information: Default Application Font.

Appearance Settings Inheritance

Setting the Font property to the control’s default font (which is currently used by the user’s operating system) automatically sets the appearance object’s AppearanceOptions.UseFont property to false. If the UseFont property is set to false and the current Appearance object has a parent Appearance object, the Appearance object uses the parent’s font settings.

Use the AppearanceObject.GetFont method to obtain the font settings specified by the appearance object’s settings.

Read the following topics for additional information:

• Appearances
• Application Appearance and Skin Colors

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

winforms-listbox-item-templates-enable-word-wrap/CS/S131055/Form1.cs#L45

e.Appearance.DrawBackground(e.Cache, e.Bounds);
TextUtils.DrawString(e.Graphics, control.GetItemText(e.Index), control.Appearance.Font,
    control.Appearance.ForeColor, e.Bounds);

winforms-create-custom-skinnable-font-edit/CS/MainForm.cs#L46

{
    e.Appearance.Font = NeighbourCellFont;
}

winforms-calendar-dateedit-cell-appearance-customization/CS/Calendar_CellStyleProvider/Form1.cs#L67

if(font == null) {
    font = new Font(cell.Appearance.Font, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
}

winforms-grid-with-minimum-row-height/CS/XtraGridMinRowHeight/Form1.cs#L42

FontDialog dialog = new FontDialog();
dialog.Font = ((GridView)grid.MainView).Appearance.Row.Font;
if(dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/TreeList/TreeListItemControlProvider.cs#L49

e.DefaultDraw();
e.Cache.DrawString(validationError, e.Appearance.Font, e.Cache.GetSolidBrush(Color.Black), e.Bounds);
e.Handled = true;

VB.NET

winforms-listbox-item-templates-enable-word-wrap/VB/S131055/Form1.vb#L44

e.Appearance.DrawBackground(e.Cache, e.Bounds)
TextUtils.DrawString(e.Graphics, control.GetItemText(e.Index), control.Appearance.Font, control.Appearance.ForeColor, e.Bounds)
e.Handled = True

winforms-create-custom-skinnable-font-edit/VB/MainForm.vb#L41

If NeighbourCellFont IsNot Nothing Then
    e.Appearance.Font = NeighbourCellFont
End If

winforms-calendar-dateedit-cell-appearance-customization/VB/Calendar_CellStyleProvider/Form1.vb#L82

If font Is Nothing Then
    font = New Font(cell.Appearance.Font, FontStyle.Bold)
End If

winforms-grid-with-minimum-row-height/VB/XtraGridMinRowHeight/Form1.vb#L43

Dim dialog As New FontDialog()
dialog.Font = CType(grid.MainView, GridView).Appearance.Row.Font
If dialog.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/TreeList/TreeListItemControlProvider.vb#L55

e.DefaultDraw()
e.Cache.DrawString(validationError, e.Appearance.Font, e.Cache.GetSolidBrush(Color.Black), e.Bounds)
e.Handled = True