Question

I need my WPF app to use a true-type font for a different language. I have the font located in a folder called ‘fonts’ inside the project. The font I’m using is available for free download here

Since the font is installed in my system i first tried

 FontFamily="FMBasuru"

I’ve read the post here and tried doing (this is the exact markup I’m using including font name)

<Window.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="SinhalaFont">
            <Setter Property="TextElement.FontFamily" Value="fonts/#FMBasuru"/>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>

…

 <TextBlock  Style="{DynamicResource SinhalaFont}">r</TextBlock>

…

I made sure that I’m using the correct font name instead of the font filename.
What could have I got wrong?

Answer 1

I tried your code with this

  <Setter Property="TextElement.FontFamily" Value="fonts/#Arial Narrow Bold"/>

and it worked successfully.

Have you marked your font as ‘Resource’ in the Build Action? If you haven’t, do that now and try your code again.