FontStretches Class
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Provides a set of predefined font stretches as static property values.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Windows.FontStretches
Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class FontStretches
public static class FontStretches
See Remarks.
The FontStretches type exposes the following members.
Properties
| Name | Description | |
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Condensed | Specifies a condensed font stretch. |
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Expanded | Specifies an expanded font stretch. |
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ExtraCondensed | Specifies an extra-condensed font stretch. |
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ExtraExpanded | Specifies an extra-expanded font stretch. |
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Normal | Specifies a normal font stretch. |
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SemiCondensed | Specifies a semi-condensed font stretch. |
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SemiExpanded | Specifies a semi-expanded font stretch. |
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UltraCondensed | Specifies an ultra-condensed font stretch. |
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UltraExpanded | Specifies an ultra-expanded font stretch. |
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Remarks
A font stretch describes the degree to which a font form is stretched from its normal aspect ratio, which is the original width to height ratio specified for the glyphs in the font.
The FontStretches values correspond to the usWidthClass definition in the OpenType specification. The usWidthClass represents an integer value between 1 and 9. Lower numeric values indicate narrower widths; higher values indicate wider widths.
FontStretches Static Property Names
Font stretch |
usWidthClass |
% of normal |
|---|---|---|
1 |
50% |
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2 |
62.5% |
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3 |
75% |
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4 |
87.5% |
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5 |
100% |
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6 |
112.5% |
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7 |
125% |
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8 |
150% |
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9 |
200% |
For more information on XAML usage, see FontStretch. FontStretch is the value type for Silverlight properties or attributes that specify a font stretches value, but you must use static properties of FontStretches to provide a FontStretch value. In XAML, you specify the name of a FontStretches property as the attribute value. This functionality is enabled by native XAML parsing behavior that processes the string value.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.