Does Silverlight have a System.Console class? Why?
Yes. Silverlight have System.Console class. It is cocooned in the SecurityCritical attribute. It is so for using for internal uses and making it useless for remote usage.
Is it possible to load external OTF or TTF in Silverlight? How
It is possible to load external OTF or TTF in Silverlight. The process is:
- Right click on Silverlight application project folder. Select “Add->New Item…”.
- Browse and select the font and click on OK buton
- Select the font and set the grid property Build Action = “Resource”, and “Copy to Output Directory” = “Copy if newer”:
- Use the following syntax in the FontFamily attribute of XAML file
FontFamily=”[FontFileName]#[FontFriendlyName]”
Example:
<TextBlock Text="Hello" FontFamily="Century.ttf#Century"></TextBlock>
- To find the exact font name, double click on the font to open the font viewer.
