in C# winform, I got: “only truetype fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType Font”

Question

I have C# winform, I installed a couple of ttf fonts, but when i set the text box font to any of the ones i downloaded, i get this error Even though I\'m 100% sure that the

Answer 1

This happens when you install new fonts while Visual Studio is running. Close Visual Studio, and then reopen it. The problem will be solved.

Answer 2

After downloading the font, I simply double-clicked it and hit 'Install'. However, this did not work, the font was not displayed in Win 10 Font Settings, besides that it was in the /Windows/Fonts/ folder. Some programs did find the font (such as Gimp), others, like VS or even Win10 itself - did not find them. After a restart, the font was not shown again (until a new double-ckicl/install).

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Solution: Right-click on the Font and select 'Install for all Users'

Answer 3

Try

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    label1.Font = new Font("myFont", 12, FontStyle.Regular);
}

Answer 4

Have font with License "Source Sans Pro". Installed and usable in every MS-Application. For VS Forms-Project, i needed to "reinstall" it with

Right-click on the Font and select 'Install for all Users'

After VS restart, the misleading error vanished.

Answer 5

Use nuget WpfColorFontDialog in the WPF projects instead, this supports OpenType fonts.