Font

DocumentBuilder.Font property

Returns an object that represents current font formatting properties.

public Font Font { get; }

Remarks

Use Font to access and modify font formatting properties.

Specify font formatting before inserting text.

Examples

Shows how to insert a string surrounded by a border into a document.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.Font.Border.Color = Color.Green;
builder.Font.Border.LineWidth = 2.5d;
builder.Font.Border.LineStyle = LineStyle.DashDotStroker;

builder.Write("Text surrounded by green border.");

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Border.FontBorder.docx");

Shows how to create a formatted table using DocumentBuilder.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

Table table = builder.StartTable();
builder.InsertCell();
table.LeftIndent = 20;

// Set some formatting options for text and table appearance.
builder.RowFormat.Height = 40;
builder.RowFormat.HeightRule = HeightRule.AtLeast;
builder.CellFormat.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = Color.FromArgb(198, 217, 241);

builder.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
builder.Font.Size = 16;
builder.Font.Name = "Arial";
builder.Font.Bold = true;

// Configuring the formatting options in a document builder will apply them
// to the current cell/row its cursor is in,
// as well as any new cells and rows created using that builder.
builder.Write("Header Row,\n Cell 1");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Header Row,\n Cell 2");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Header Row,\n Cell 3");
builder.EndRow();

// Reconfigure the builder's formatting objects for new rows and cells that we are about to make.
// The builder will not apply these to the first row already created so that it will stand out as a header row.
builder.CellFormat.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = Color.White;
builder.CellFormat.VerticalAlignment = CellVerticalAlignment.Center;
builder.RowFormat.Height = 30;
builder.RowFormat.HeightRule = HeightRule.Auto;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Font.Size = 12;
builder.Font.Bold = false;

builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 1.");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 2.");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 3.");
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 1.");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 2.");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 3.");
builder.EndRow();
builder.EndTable();

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "DocumentBuilder.CreateFormattedTable.docx");

See Also

DocumentBuilder.Document DocumentBuilder.IsAtEndOfParagraph