Set font

The following example shows you how to set text font and font size.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Font arial = new Font();
            arial.Name = "Arial";
            arial.Family = "Arial";
            arial.GenericFontFamily = GenericFontFamily.Swiss;
            arial.Pitch = FontPitch.Variable;

            doc.Fonts.Add(arial);

            ParagraphStyle style1 = new ParagraphStyle("P100");
            style1.TextProperties.Font = "Arial";
            style1.TextProperties.FontSize = new Size(28, Unit.Point);
            style1.TextProperties.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold;

            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(style1);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add("Hello World");
            p1.Style = "P100";

            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim arial As Font = New Font
        arial.Name = "Arial"
        arial.Family = "Arial"
        arial.GenericFontFamily = GenericFontFamily.Swiss
        arial.Pitch = FontPitch.Variable

        doc.Fonts.Add(arial)

        Dim style1 As ParagraphStyle = New ParagraphStyle("P1")
        style1.TextProperties.Font = "Arial"
        style1.TextProperties.FontSize = New Size(20, Unit.Point)
        style1.TextProperties.FontWeight = FontWeight.Bold

        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(style1)

        Dim p1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        p1.Add("Hello World")
        p1.Style = "P1"

        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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