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Explains how to use external fonts in Windows Phone apps.
Introduction
External fonts are quiteimportant to make apps look attractive. Theyhelp to reduce the overload of graphic files. For example, if an external font can'tbe imported into your application, then developers turn to graphic designersto design a caption or header text and use them as a JPEG or PNG image. To someextent, this can help in static requirements like a caption or the header text of a screen.
But what if it’s a dynamic text? Forexample, a score board for a game. The score figure is dynamic. If the bossinsists to go with a better design for the board and if the system has alimited set of fonts, we end up recreating the complete set of numbers and manipulatingthe display using code. All these are painful processes. Moreover it's alwayscool to have open options. As the font set in Mobile phones would be verylimited, we are in great need to look out for third party fonts.
Windows Phone supports third party / external fonts for us. It's a breeze to pull them up into our app. As I'm saying this, I'm sure someone might be screaming 'External fonts don’t work in Windows Phone apps'. Anybody who’s trying to use external fonts must take note of the below points.
- Font Linking Syntaxes
- Choosingfrom inbuilt fonts
- Externalfonts at the root folder
- Pointssummary
- Font Names – Getting it right.
- File settings for build time – two things to watchout.
- Setting the font from code behind
- Annexure: A wish list to MS.:)
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1. Fonts Syntax
1.1 Choosing from inbuilt fonts
If you want to use a built-in font from the Windows Phone, the syntax is very straight forward. We just need to add something like
FontFamily='Comic Sans MS'
for the object you wish to change the font for.![Font Font](/uploads/1/2/6/4/126434013/146343285.jpg)
1.2 External fonts
If it’s to link a 3rd party font, it’s a bit different, Add a sub folder 'Fonts' into the project root and add your external font there. It's a good practice to add resources into a sub folder rather than the root.
- Check screenshots here.
Once you are done with the import, add the following line:
In the sample, I created a folder called Font and I’ve imported the font into it. To link to a resource inside a subfolder, we need to write like below (“/Font/Cookie.ttf#Cookies”).
1.3 At the root folder
If the external font file is at the root folder, put it this way:
Another way to address any resource in the project:
In our case, for the cookie font inside the root folder, it becomes:
So you can write in both formats:
Both mean the same.
1.4 Inside a sub folder
If the font resides in a sub folder, the path changes as below:
Or simply,
Just a note, in case you had placed your XAML inside a project sub folder, you need to prefix a “..” to the resource path. It’s the same directory conventionas we have in DOS / Windows. '..' directs the control to comes out first then go in to the target folder.
One strange observation is that if you use the above syntax even when the XAML file is still in the root folder, the font continues to work but only at run time. The XAML designer doesn’t detect our “..” mistake. But the runtime ignores this and picks up from the right path. When you do this mistake, you won't be able to achieve what is shown below at design time. (The below doesn't use any .. as the XAML is in the root folder)
1.4 Points Summary
Syntax | Effect |
FontFamily='Cookies.ttf#Cookies' | When the .ttf font file is in the root folder, works fine in Design and Runtime. |
FontFamily='/FontsTestApp;component/Cookies.ttf#Cookies' | Same as above. |
FontFamily='/Font/Cookies.ttf#Cookies | When the .ttf font file is in the sub folder “font”. Works fine in Design and Runtime. |
FontFamily='../Fonts/Cookies.ttf#Cookies'; | When the XAML file which uses the font resides in another subfolder. Works fine in Design and Runtime. |
FontFamily='../Fonts/Cookies.ttf#Cookies'; | If the XAML file is in the root folder, the font gets applied only at runtime not at design time. |
2. Font Names – Getting it right
Font, as a resource it’s a bit different from otherresource files , i.e Image , sound and any other files. To apply a fontcorrectly , just the file name is not enough. Moreover, The file name is not the font name. The file name is used only to locate theresource correctly. To pick up the font style correctly, we need to suffix a # the file name and append the font name.
How to getthe font name? Just doubleclick on the font and it opens up like,
In the above example, the font file name wasBSFBD to mean (Berlin Sans FB Demi). So the syntax would become:
We should not fiddle with the font name trying to remove theblank spaces. Though they care case insensitive, they are still blank-spacesensitive. The name must exactly reflect the way it got displayed when youopened the font file in the explorer.
Fiddling with the Font File name is allowed though. You can rename the physical font file. For example you can rename BSFBD.ttf to B_S_F_B_D.ttf. It will still work.
3. File settings for build time behavior
Just two things to mind here:
Whenever you modify the font name and place it on some other directory, make sure the above two highlighted settings are set. Then quickly rebuild the project once as it helps to refresh the XAML designer making it apply the font changes swiftly.
4. Setting the font from code behind
Setting the font family from code behind is as simple as done at design time:
I would explore the behaviors in Windows Phone 8 and update this article soon.
5. Wish-list to Microsoft
1. Fonts must be browse-able
Like any other resource if they’ve been imported into the solution. To set an image file for an image object, it’s totally easy. We just browse and select the right image file.
2. Auto Read font name
IDE must auto read the font name from the font file.
We should be able to apply external fonts with the same ease as we deal with images in the IDE. Happy fonting!
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