change the textstyle or fontstyle of a text in a richtextbox

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hey guys
am trying to change fontstyle or textstyle of text(writing) in a rich box
i got some of these font style listed in a combobox (Arial,Cambria,Tahoma)
what i want to do is when you select a textstyle i want the text in the richtextbox to be change according to the selected font in the combobox

i have already tried a few codes but some would not work and some gave me errors

here is the last code i have tried

if (toolStripComboBox2.SelectedItem == @"Tahoma")
richTextBox1.SelectionFont = new FontStyle(richTextBox1.SelectionFont.FontFamily, Tahoma);

Posted 5-Dec-12 15:55pm

sean871

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Krunal Rohit · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05T17:07:00

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Font font_to_apply = richTextBox1.Font;
            font_to_apply = new Font(new FontFamily(fontNameComboBox.SelectedItem.ToString()), float.Parse(this.fontSizeComboBox.SelectedItem.ToString()));

            richTextBox1.SelectionFont = font_to_apply;

Posted 5-Dec-12 17:07pm

Krunal Rohit

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