Getting a list of available fonts in WinRT

Question

I've searched through the WinRT API reference, but can't find how to get a list of available font families?

Where should I be looking?

Answer 1

The .Net namespaces don't provide a list of available fonts, but you can enumerate the fonts with DirectWrite.  You'll probably want to encapsulate this in your own WinRT component to call from C#.

There is sample code at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd756582(v=VS.85).aspx on how to enumerate the fonts with DirectWrite.  This isn't a Metro style sample, but the enumeration code itself should be essentially the same.

--Rob

Answer 2

The .Net namespaces don't provide a list of available fonts, but you can enumerate the fonts with DirectWrite.  You'll probably want to encapsulate this in your own WinRT component to call from C#.

Is it possible to use DirectWrite from a c# metro app, or do I need to create a separate C++ WinRT component? I can't find a way to pull DirectWrite namespaces into my app, so I'm assuming it needs to be a separate thing.

The most likely project type I've found is 'C++ WinRT Component DLL'. Is that the only way to get this functionality in my app. If it is, I'm going to have to dust off my C++ books.

Answer 3

You could pinvoke it, but it'd be easier to create a C++ WinRT component.

--Rob

Answer 4

Thanks for the answer.

Seems like I have some more docs to read.

Answer 5

I had to list fonts too, and decided to post the respective code:

https://github.com/christophwille/winrt-snippets

Note that there is no C++ involved thanks to SharpDX.

Chris

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