Thanks Peter, let me give it a try a report back how it went.
-Pete
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Peter Ritchie <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't tried it, but you could try using
> PrivateFontCollection.AddMemoryFont(). Based on signature, something like
> the following?
>
> // load of font resource and retrieval of it's length performed previous
> GCHandle gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(loadedFontResource,
> GCHandleType.Pinned);
> try
> {
> privateFontCollection.AddMemoryFont(gcHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject, length);
> }
> finally
> {
> gcHandle.Free();
> }
>
> I don't know if the font resource needs to stay pinned--the documentation
> doesn't detail that; so be sure to watch for that.
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:57:13 -0400, Peter Vertes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >*Hi List,*
> >
> > I have a font embedded inside a resource in one of my assemblies but
> I
> >can't seem to able to retrieve it. Correction, I am able to retrieve it
> but
> >the only way I can do it is by saving the stream of data coming from the
> >resource file to the disk and then loading the saved font into the
> >PrivateFontCollection's AddFontFile() method. While I can retrieve the
> font
> >from the resource file this way there has to be a way to do all this
> without
> >writing to the disc. Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
> Thanks
> >in advance...
>
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