How to determine string is a valid font when converting?

Asked Sep 01 '14 at 10:11

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I am converting a string to a Font using this approach:

var converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Font));
return (Font) converter.ConvertFromInvariantString(textValue);

I was hoping it would raise an exception if the textValue was an invalid font but it seems to just return a default font. How can I determine if the string is indeed a valid font?

edited Sep 01 '14 at 10:12

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I hope this Answer can help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/113989/test-if-a-font-is-installed – Roberto Conte Rosito Sep 01 '14 at 10:27
No, not really. To do that I would basically need to parse the string myself. – Sam Mackrill Sep 01 '14 at 10:51

How to determine string is a valid font when converting?

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