Question

In the the System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart control a font can be set by referring Font by it’s family name. How do I do something similar in code?

 <asp:Chart runat="server">
     <legends>
         <asp:Legend Font="Microsoft Sans Serif, 8.25pt, style=Bold"/>
     </legends>
 </asp:Chart>

How can I do something similar in the codebehind?

chart.Legends[0].Font = Font.???("Microsoft Sans Serif, 8.25pt, style=Bold")

Answer 1

Use one of the constructors on the System.Drawing.Font class:

chart.Legends[0].Font = new Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 
                                 8.25,
                                 FontStyle.Bold);

Make sure to include System.Drawing to get easy access to all the related items (FontFamily, FontStyle, etc).