wpf-403520-controls-and-libraries-rich-text-editor-examples-formatting-how-to-load-and-use-custom-fonts-in-the-rich-text-editor.md
The WPF Rich Text Editor ships with the DXFontRepository class that allows you to use fonts that are not installed on the current operating system. When you load a document that uses such fonts, the Rich Text Editor substitutes missing fonts with the fonts available on the current machine. The DXFontRepository class allows you to load and use custom fonts in your application to prevent font substitution when documents are displayed, printed, or exported to PDF.
Use the DXFontRepository.Instance static property to access a DXFontRepository instance.
Use the DXFontRepository.AddFont method overloads to add fonts to the font repository. You can load a font from a file, stream, or byte array. Loaded fonts are available to all RichEditControl instances within your project.
Supported font formats include:
To avoid excessive document layout recalculations, add the required fonts to DXFontRepository before you load a document that uses these fonts.
The code sample below adds the following Google fonts fonts to DXFontRepository and uses these fonts to format document paragraphs:
using DevExpress.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using System.Drawing;
namespace WpfRichTextEditor
{
public partial class MainWindow : DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ThemedWindow
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(@"Fonts\EmilysCandy-Regular.ttf");
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont(@"Fonts\FrederickatheGreat-Regular.ttf");
Document document = richEditControl1.Document;
// Load a document.
document.LoadDocument(@"Documents\AliceInWonderland.docx");
// Format the first paragraph, which contains the book title.
var titleFormatting =
document.BeginUpdateCharacters(document.Paragraphs[0].Range);
FormatCharacters(titleFormatting, 20,
"Fredericka the Great", Color.FromArgb(0x2E, 0x74, 0xB5));
document.EndUpdateCharacters(titleFormatting);
// Format the second paragraph, which contains the author's name.
var subtitleFormatting =
document.BeginUpdateCharacters(document.Paragraphs[1].Range);
FormatCharacters(subtitleFormatting, 14,
"Emilys Candy", Color.FromArgb(0x3B, 0x38, 0x38));
document.EndUpdateCharacters(subtitleFormatting);
}
private static void FormatCharacters(CharacterProperties formatting,
float size, string fontName, Color color)
{
formatting.FontSize = size;
formatting.FontName = fontName;
formatting.ForeColor = color;
}
}
}
Imports DevExpress.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports System.Drawing
Public Class MainWindow
Inherits DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ThemedWindow
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont("Fonts\EmilysCandy-Regular.ttf")
DXFontRepository.Instance.AddFont("Fonts\FrederickatheGreat-Regular.ttf")
Dim document As Document = richEditControl1.Document
' Load a document.
document.LoadDocument("Documents\AliceInWonderland.docx")
' Format the first paragraph, which contains the book title.
Dim titleFormatting As CharacterProperties =
document.BeginUpdateCharacters(document.Paragraphs(0).Range)
FormatCharacters(titleFormatting, 20, "Fredericka the Great",
Color.FromArgb(&H2E, &H74, &HB5))
document.EndUpdateCharacters(titleFormatting)
' Format the second paragraph, which contains the author's name.
Dim subtitleFormatting As CharacterProperties =
document.BeginUpdateCharacters(document.Paragraphs(1).Range)
FormatCharacters(subtitleFormatting, 14, "Emilys Candy",
Color.FromArgb(&H3B, &H38, &H38))
document.EndUpdateCharacters(subtitleFormatting)
End Sub
Private Shared Sub FormatCharacters(ByVal formatting As CharacterProperties, ByVal size As Single,
ByVal fontName As String, ByVal color As Color)
formatting.FontSize = size
formatting.FontName = fontName
formatting.ForeColor = color
End Sub
End Class
The following image demonstrates the result:
Use the DXFontRepository.GetFonts method to return a list of all fonts in the font repository. Each item in this list is a DXFontData object that contains font information.
Call the DXFontRepository.Clear method to remove all fonts from the font repository. Use the FontRepository.IsEmpty property to check whether the repository contains fonts.
using DevExpress.Drawing;
// ...
// Check whether the font repository is empty.
if (!DXFontRepository.Instance.IsEmpty)
// If false, clear the font repository.
DXFontRepository.Instance.Clear();
Imports DevExpress.Drawing
' ...
' Check whether the font repository is empty.
If Not DXFontRepository.Instance.IsEmpty Then
' If false, clear the font repository.
DXFontRepository.Instance.Clear()
End If
Loaded fonts are not saved to a document. These fonts are used to display the document in the control’s UI, print the document, or export the document to PDF.
Loaded fonts are not displayed in the drop-down list of the Rich Text Editor’s font editor.