C# TrueType font, really?

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This is my Error

Only TrueType fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType font.

and all I am using is

C#

if (fontDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
         {
           richtextbox1.font = fontDialog1.Font;
         }

I want to know if i can have these options

op1= Get rid of the non-truetype fonts thats are in that font dialog
op2= show an error message that will tell me to pick another font and wont crash the program

so yeh I was wondering if some one can help me with the truetype font thing please

Posted 11-Jul-12 23:10pm

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CodingLover 12-Jul-12 5:17am

How did you define the font type in the font dialog? Using properties window or what?

[no name] 12-Jul-12 5:40am

I just draged and droped the dialog in

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-12T00:33:00

Solution 1

This is a problem which has been around since VS2005, AFAIK there is no solution to this, and the exception is not a catchable one. http://c-madeeasy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/unsolved-this-is-not-true-type-font.html[^]

However, you don't have to use the MS FontDialog. Have a look at this: ColorPicker, FontPicker...[^] - I haven't tried it, but it may solve your problem. Alternatively, your own font picker wouldn't be too hard to produce.

Posted 12-Jul-12 0:33am

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[no name] 12-Jul-12 6:53am

so your saying I can't even show an error box so it wont crash my program?

OriginalGriff 12-Jul-12 6:57am

That's about the size of it, yes.
The problem is that the fault isn't inside .NET - it's in the code that .NET calls. And when it fails, it knows nothing about >NET exceptions so it doesn't throw one - it just fails and .NET try...catch can't detect it.

[no name] 12-Jul-12 7:14am

then how did adobe fix it?

OriginalGriff 12-Jul-12 7:26am

They probably don't use the standard .NET font picker! :laugh:

[no name] 12-Jul-12 8:11am

dam those pros! XD