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Asked: 2026-06-14T10:44:38+00:00

I’m trying to use a custom font in a Windows 8 C#-XAML Metro App,

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I’m trying to use a custom font in a Windows 8 C#-XAML Metro App, but the XAML is ignoring the font.

I use it like that: TextBlock FontFamily=”/Assets/fonts/brlnsdb.ttf#Berlin Sans FB Demi”

I added the font to the project (in the Folder: Assets/fonts/), set it’s build action to “Content” and the “Copy to Output Directory” to “Copy always”.

I also tried to change the path to “ms-appx:/Assets/fonts/brlnsdb.ttf#Berlin Sans FB Demi.

The spelling is correct and the filename and the actual font name are correct too.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Remove “Demi Bold”.

     <TextBlock FontFamily="/Assets/fonts/BRLNSDB.TTF#Berlin Sans FB" 
           Text="Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold" ...

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    (postscript)
    Above, I mistook.

    Windows 8 has the “Berlin Sans FB” font. So, you can write as follows.

    <TextBlock FontFamily="Berlin Sans FB" ...

    However, the font contained in “/Assets/fonts/BRLNSDB.TTF” is not used by this XAML code. I guess that the font of the same name as a system font cannot be specified in xaml.

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