change the text size in a richtextbox

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hey guys am having a little problem here
am trying to change font or text size in a rich box
i got the size listed in a combobox (the sizes are 10,12,14,16,20)
what i want to do is when you select a size i want the text in the richtextbox size to be change according to the selected size in the combobox

i tried this code
richTextBox1.SelectionFont = toolStripComboBox1.Size;
richTextBox1.Focus();

Posted 5-Dec-12 5:11am

sean871

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yh8963yx.aspx[^]
http://www.java2s.com/Code/CSharp/GUI-Windows-Form/SetFontsizefamilyforaRichTextBox.htm[^]

Posted 5-Dec-12 5:40am

ridoy

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05T05:24:00

Solution 1

Try:

C#

richTextBox1.SelectionFont = new Font(richTextBox1.SelectionFont.FontFamily, 12.0F);

Where "12.0F" is the font size you want. (ComboBox.Size is a structure, and which says how big the combobox is, not what value the user selected)

Posted 5-Dec-12 5:24am

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sean871 5-Dec-12 11:37am

thank you it worked