CanvasTextFormat Class

Describes font and layout options for drawing text.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.TextCanvasTextFormat

Namespace: Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.Text
Assembly: Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas (in Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.dll) Version: 0.0.0.0

Syntax

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public sealed class CanvasTextFormat : IDisposable

The CanvasTextFormat type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CanvasTextFormat	Initializes a new instance of the CanvasTextFormat class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CustomTrimmingSign	Gets or sets a custom trimming sign.
	Direction	Specifies the direction in which the text is read.
	FontFamily	Specifies the font family name (Arial, Times New Roman, etc.)
	FontSize	Specifies the font size.
	FontStretch	Specifies the degree to which the font is stretched, compared to the normal aspect ratio of that font.
	FontStyle	Specifies the style of a font face (for example, normal or italic).
	FontWeight	Specifies the density of a typeface, in terms of the lightness or heaviness of the strokes.
	HorizontalAlignment	Specifies the horizontal paragraph alignment.
	IncrementalTabStop	Specifies the incremental tab stop position.
	LastLineWrapping	Specifies whether the last line is wrapped.
	LineSpacing	Negative values use default line spacing; non-negative values specify the line height.
	LineSpacingBaseline	Specifies the distance from top of line to baseline. A reasonable ratio to lineSpacing is 80 percent.
	LineSpacingMode	Specifies how lines are spaced apart.
	LocaleName	Specifies the locale name.
	OpticalAlignment	Specifies how glyphs are aligned to the margin.
	Options	Specifies text drawing options.
	TrimmingDelimiter	A character code used as the delimiter that signals the beginning of the portion of text to be preserved. Most useful for path ellipsis, where the delimiter would be a slash.
	TrimmingDelimiterCount	A value that indicates how many occurrences of the delimiter to step back.
	TrimmingGranularity	Specifies the granularity used to trim text overflowing the layout box.
	TrimmingSign	Specifies the type of trimming sign used, when text is drawn outside a text layout's requested size extents.
	VerticalAlignment	Specifies the vertical paragraph alignment.
	VerticalGlyphOrientation	Specifies the orientation of glyphs when a vertical reading direction is used.
	WordWrapping	Specifies word wrapping behavior.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose	Releases all resources used by the CanvasTextFormat.
	GetSystemFontFamilies	Gets a list of font families available.
	GetSystemFontFamilies(IReadOnlyListString)	Gets a list of font families available, prioritizing the specified locales.

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Remarks

When using Direct2D interop, this Win2D class corresponds to the Direct2D interface IDWriteTextFormat1.

Examples

Create a CanvasTextFormat with reasonable defaults:

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var format = new CanvasTextFormat();

Using a specific font:

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var format = new CanvasTextFormat()
{
    FontFamily = "Arial"
};

With clipping enabled:

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var format = new CanvasTextFormat()
{
    Options = CanvasDrawTextOptions.Clip
};

Using a font loaded from a TTF file shipped with the application:

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var format = new CanvasTextFormat()
{
    FontFamily = "CustomFont.ttf#CustomFont"
};

Reference

Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.Text Namespace