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CanvasTextFormatGetSystemFontFamilies Method (IReadOnlyListString)
Gets a list of font families available, prioritizing the specified locales.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.Text
Assembly:  Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas (in Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.dll) Version: 0.0.0.0
Syntax
C#
public static string[] GetSystemFontFamilies(
	IReadOnlyList<string> localeList
)

Parameters

localeList
Type: System.Collections.GenericIReadOnlyListString

Return Value

Type: String
Remarks

Font family names are locale-dependent. For each font, this method returns the first available of:

  • The specified list of locales, in order
  • en-us
  • Whatever is the first name enumerated for the font.

An application's environment has a list of locales ordered by user preference.

Using this in C# looks like:

using Windows.Globalization;

...

string[] fontFamilyNames = CanvasTextFormat.GetSystemFontFamilies(ApplicationLanguages.Languages);

Passing a null locale list is valid, and is equivalent to using the GetSystemFontFamilies overload.

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