How To Install a Font

[Cryptonic]

Well thats your created objected, its empty, wasnt even considering it.
Why dont you just add it to that collection, and then use it on the whole app with the cycle I told you so?
To include the font with the app, add it to resources for example.

Ill write a quick example for ya in a moment

---------- Post added at 12:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:04 AM ----------

Ok, Added a .ttf to the resources and then,

Basically this initializes the font from resources and adds it into memory to be able to use:
AddFontMemResourceEx: AddFontMemResourceEx function
(Adds it to the system)

            FontFamily fontFamily;
            PrivateFontCollection pfc = new PrivateFontCollection();
            GCHandle pMem = GCHandle.Alloc(Properties.Resources.The_Amazing_Spider_Man, GCHandleType.Pinned);
            IntPtr fontPtr = pMem.AddrOfPinnedObject();
            pfc.AddMemoryFont(fontPtr, Properties.Resources.The_Amazing_Spider_Man.Length);
            uint pcFonts = 0; //useless
            AddFontMemResourceEx(fontPtr, (uint)Properties.Resources.The_Amazing_Spider_Man.Length, IntPtr.Zero, ref pcFonts);
            pMem.Free(); //Free unsafe memory

            fontFamily = pfc.Families[0];

For use, just as I said before

            for (int i = 0; i < this.Controls.Count; i++)
                this.Controls[i].Font = new Font(fontFamily, 10, FontStyle.Regular);

(You can declare <fontFamily> globally to use it everywhere on the app with the previous cycle)

PS: There might be a easier way around, never played with fonts before so.

Are you coding this all in C#? This is getting confusing.
...and the AddFontMemResourceEx function is in C++

You also need - Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
But, there's still some errors, since I don't have the AddFontMemResourceEx..

This seems just too much just for a font.. Maybe I'll just have them install the font manually. Unless there's an easier way

['Bruno]

Are you coding this all in C#? This is getting confusing.
...and the AddFontMemResourceEx function is in C++

You also need - Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
But, there's still some errors, since I don't have the AddFontMemResourceEx..

This seems just too much just for a font.. Maybe I'll just have them install the font manually. Unless there's an easier way

C# is the same as VB. Just used to it.
AddFontMemResourceEx is not a c++ function. Is a windows function. You need to write the function signature:
pinvoke.net: AddFontMemResourceEx (gdi32)

Private Declare Auto Function AddFontMemResourceEx Lib "Gdi32.dll" _
    (ByVal pbFont As IntPtr, ByVal cbFont As Integer, _
    ByVal pdv As Integer, ByRef pcFonts As Integer) As IntPt

Yes it is indeed a lot of trouble. And it would be easier just to install the font and thats it. Nontheless the application needs to recognize it first.

But if you search the web, there isn't that many options, and honestly this is not that much complicated

In the end I wonder, why are you not using a normal font?

[Cryptonic]

C# is the same as VB. Just used to it.
AddFontMemResourceEx is not a c++ function. Is a windows function. You need to write the function signature:
pinvoke.net: AddFontMemResourceEx (gdi32)

Private Declare Auto Function AddFontMemResourceEx Lib "Gdi32.dll" _
    (ByVal pbFont As IntPtr, ByVal cbFont As Integer, _
    ByVal pdv As Integer, ByRef pcFonts As Integer) As IntPt

Yes it is indeed a lot of trouble. And it would be easier just to install the font and thats it. Nontheless the application needs to recognize it first.

But if you search the web, there isn't that many options, and honestly this is not that much complicated

In the end I wonder, why are you not using a normal font?

lmao, because, for one, every time you someone releasing a program without a good UI, they always complain. The font is part of the UI.

And.. just because the font is plain sexy. My question is, why doesn't every computer come with century gothic...?

['Bruno]

I wouldnt blade someones GUI over a font, as long as they dont use somewierd fuked up font, its irrelevant imo.