Using Custom Fonts in Windows store applications

While doing Windows Store application development, one might come to a point where he/she want to use a custom font to do styling in their applications rather than using a font that comes with Windows & its SDK.

The procedure to use a custom font is very simple and it can be done by following the below steps. 

• Add your custom font (.ttf or any other format) into your application assets by right clicking on your project in Solution Explorer > Add New Item > Existing Item.
   
• Modify the property of FontFamily of your control to 
  

  
  FontFamily=”/Assets/BuxtonSketch.ttf#Buxton Sketch” 

  Where BuxtonSketch.ttf is your font file name and its actual name (Buxton Sketch) after the “#”.

Complete code snippet is 

<TextBlock x:Name=”pageTitle” Text=”Application Name” Style=”{StaticResource PageHeaderTextStyle}” FontFamily=”/Assets/BuxtonSketch.ttf#Buxton Sketch”/>

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