I'm loading fonts from the filesystem .
generally my code works very well, but as i load the fonts through a PrivateFontCollection the name of the loaded FontFamily is the name of the TypeFace in the font (what i can see under Typeface name in the Font previewer of windows) and not the FontFamily name...
As i have some fonts which have the same Typeface name but another font name i would like to be able to distinguish between them. Anyone has a idea how to get the real FontFamily name?
public Dictionary<string, FontFamily> LoadFontsFromDirectory(string path)
{
Dictionary<string, FontFamily> foundFonts = new Dictionary<string, FontFamily>();
if (!Directory.Exists(path)) throw new Exception("directory doesnt exist");
foreach(FileInfo fi in new DirectoryInfo(path).GetFiles("*.ttf"))
{
PrivateFontCollection fileFonts = new PrivateFontCollection();
fileFonts.AddFontFile(fi.FullName);
if (!foundFonts.ContainsKey(fileFonts.Families[0].Name))
{
//add the font only if this fontfamily doesnt exist yet
FontFamily family = new FontFamily(String.Format("file:///{0}#{1}", fi.FullName, fileFonts.Families[0].Name));
foundFonts.Add(family.Name, family);
}
}
return foundFonts;
}
If you want to get the FontFamily as opposed to the value in fileFonts.Families[0].Name, you'll find it in family.FamilyNames by culture:
FontFamily family = new FontFamily(String.Format("file:///{0}#{1}", fi.FullName, fileFonts.Families[0].Name));
Console.WriteLine("\tFamilySource: {0}", family.Source);
foreach (var x in family.FamilyNames)
{
Console.WriteLine("\tFamilyName: {0}", x); // <------ HERE
}
foreach (var y in family.FamilyTypefaces)
{
foreach (var z in y.AdjustedFaceNames)
{
Console.WriteLine("\tTypeface: {0}",z);
}
}
Sample output:
Arial
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\arial.ttf#Arial
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Regular]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold Oblique]
Typeface: [en-us, Oblique]
Arial
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\arialbd.ttf#Arial
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold Oblique]
Arial
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\arialbi.ttf#Arial
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold Italic]
Arial
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ariali.ttf#Arial
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Italic]
Typeface: [en-us, Bold Italic]
Arial Narrow
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ARIALN.TTF#Arial Narrow
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold Oblique]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Oblique]
Arial Narrow
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ARIALNB.TTF#Arial Narrow
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold Oblique]
Arial Narrow
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ARIALNBI.TTF#Arial Narrow
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold Italic]
Arial Narrow
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ARIALNI.TTF#Arial Narrow
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Italic]
Typeface: [en-us, Condensed Bold Italic]
Arial Black
FamilySource: file:///C:\Users\tim\Desktop\ariblk.ttf#Arial Black
FamilyName: [en-us, Arial]
Typeface: [en-us, Black]
Typeface: [en-us, Black Oblique]
That said, your note that "i have some fonts which have the same Typeface name but another font name and i would like to be able to distinguish between them" suggests that FontFamily is not what you are actually looking for.