Question

Lets say there is a .ttf (True Type Font) file. You can install it on windows with a click. The real name of the font is not the text that is before the .tff (lets say SuperFont.ttf => so the name is not “SuperFont” – it could be, but mostly not). I would like to read the .tff (somehow?) and get the name (without installing the font) of the font. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You’ll need to add the font to a private collection (PrivateFontCollection), then request the FontFamily instance and get its Name property.

Like this:

PrivateFontCollection fontCol = new PrivateFontCollection();
fontCol.AddFontFile(@"PATH TO FONT");
Console.WriteLine(fontCol.Families[0].Name);

You’ll need the namespaces:

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Text;

MSDN: PrivateFontCollection, FontFamily