Test if a Font is installed

Is there an easy way (in .Net) to test if a Font is installed on the current machine?

From stackoverflow GvS

• How do you get a list of all the installed fonts?

  var fontsCollection = new InstalledFontCollection();
  foreach (var fontFamiliy in fontsCollection.Families)
  {
      if (fontFamiliy.Name == fontName) ... \\ installed
  }
  

  See InstalledFontCollection class for details.

  MSDN:
  Enumerating Installed Fonts

  From aku

• string fontName = "Consolas";
  float fontSize = 12;
  
  Font fontTester = new Font( 
      fontName, 
      fontSize, 
      FontStyle.Regular, 
      GraphicsUnit.Pixel );
  
  if ( fontTester.Name == fontName )
  {
      // Font exists
  }
  else
  {
      // Font doesn't exist
  }
  

  From Jeff Hillman

• Thanks to Jeff, I have better read the documentation of the Font class:

  If the familyName parameter specifies a font that is not installed on the machine running the application or is not supported, Microsoft Sans Serif will be substituted.

  The result of this knowledge:

      private bool IsFontInstalled(string fontName) {
          using (var testFont = new Font(fontName, 8)) {
              return 0 == string.Compare(
                fontName,
                testFont.Name,
                StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
          }
      }
  

  From GvS

• I would prefer the first solution of creating the font and testing that name rather than getting all the installed font names and searching for a particular name.

  Regards,

  From Vijendra Kumar H.