How to get Font Names

[JimS]

How do I get the Font Name from the font Filename?

i.e
Font Name = Arial, Font Filename = Menu1.ttf
Font Name = Arial Black, Font Filename = ARIBLK.TTF

I can get a list or table of the Font Filenames on a machine, but I want to convert these into a list or table of the common Font Names. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Ted Sullivan]

Ouch! I can tell you for sure that doing such a thing is about as convoluted a thing as can be attempted. We do it internally in AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0, Setup Factory 7.0 and TrueUpdate 2.0 for packaging up the fonts referenced in your projects. It required some pretty involved parsing of the TTF file format (which isn't documented very well either...).

[Corey]

Another approach might be to find/create a list of the most common font/filename associations and compare against that. Two centavos anyhow...

[JimS]

Thanks guys, I’ve just started my search so I’m not quite ready yet to give up and go with the list of common names. It’s a good idea Corey, and I’ll go that way if I have to, but I’m still hoping to find a DLL or something.

Ted, I’ve tried opening the font files with a text editor, to see if I can figure an easy way to parse the name, but so far I can’t figure a pattern to search for, that would work with all the files.

It seems like a fairly common feature in software, so I figured that Windows would have a built in facility for it somewhere. “Convoluted” doesn’t sound too promising for a half-baked programmer like me. Still, maybe I’ll get lucky.

Either way, thanks for the replies.

[JimS]

Looks like it might be possible to get them from the registry

This works on XP machines

all_keys = Registry.GetValueNames(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts");
TextFile.WriteFromTable("AutoPlay\\Docs\\fonts.txt", all_keys, false);

[Worm]

Maybe something like this:

[JimS]

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[Corey]

As good as this forum is, it just wouldn’t be the same without your amazing skill, generosity, and unequivocal mastery.

No question about it.

[Intrigued]

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[yosik]

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Brad is one cool guy, ready to help and a MASTER at programming!
and, Brad! Don't be shy, Man! You ARE the Numero Uno!

Yossi

[Worm]

Wow! You are all way too kind.

Thank you.