Fonts play a crucial role in defining the visual appeal and readability of Word documents, influencing everything from professional reports to creative projects. Whether you're looking to refresh the design of your document by replacing outdated fonts or troubleshooting missing fonts that disrupt formatting, understanding how to retrieve and replace fonts in Microsoft Word is an essential skill.
In this article, you will learn how to get and replace fonts in a Word document using C# and Spire.Doc for .NET.
Install Spire.Doc for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for .NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc
Get Fonts Used in a Word Document in C#
To extract font information from a Word document, you must traverse its sections and paragraphs, examining each child object within the paragraphs. If a child object is identified as a TextRange, you can retrieve the font details—such as the font name, size, and color—using the properties of the TextRange class.
The following are the steps to get fonts used in a Word document in C#:
- Create a Document object.
- Load a Word document using the Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Iterate through each section, paragraph, and child object.
- For each child object, check if it is an instance of TextRange class.
- If it is, retrieve the font name and size using the TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontName and TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize properties.
- Write the font information in a text file.
- C#
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
namespace RetrieveFonts
{
// Customize a FontInfo class to help store font information
class FontInfo
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public float? Size { get; set; }
public FontInfo()
{
Name = "";
Size = null;
}
public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
if (this == obj) return true;
if (!(obj is FontInfo other)) return false;
return Name.Equals(other.Name) && Size.Equals(other.Size);
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return HashCode.Combine(Name, Size);
}
}
class Program
{
// Function to write string to a txt file
static void WriteAllText(string filename, List<string> text)
{
try
{
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename))
{
foreach (var line in text)
{
writer.WriteLine(line);
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<FontInfo> fontInfos = new List<FontInfo>();
List<string> fontInformations = new List<string>();
// Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
// Load a Word document
document.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\input.docx");
// Iterate through the sections
foreach (Section section in document.Sections)
{
// Iterate through the paragraphs
foreach (Paragraph paragraph in section.Body.Paragraphs)
{
// Iterate through the child objects
foreach (DocumentObject obj in paragraph.ChildObjects)
{
if (obj is TextRange txtRange)
{
// Get the font name, size and text color
string fontName = txtRange.CharacterFormat.FontName;
float fontSize = txtRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize;
string textColor = txtRange.CharacterFormat.TextColor.ToString();
// Store the font information
FontInfo fontInfo = new FontInfo { Name = fontName, Size = fontSize };
if (!fontInfos.Contains(fontInfo))
{
fontInfos.Add(fontInfo);
string str = $"Font Name: {fontInfo.Name}, Size: {fontInfo.Size:F2}, Color: {textColor}";
fontInformations.Add(str);
}
}
}
}
}
// Write font information to a txt file
WriteAllText("GetFonts.txt", fontInformations);
// Dispose resources
document.Dispose();
}
}
}
Replace a Specific Font in a Word Document in C#
After retrieving the font name from a specific TextRange, you can easily replace it with a new font using the TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontName property. Additionally, you can modify the font size and text color by accessing the corresponding properties in the TextRange class. This allows for comprehensive customization of the text formatting within the document.
The following are the steps to replace a specific font in a Word document in C#:
- Create a Document object.
- Load a Word document using the Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Iterate through each section and its paragraphs.
- For each paragraph, check each child object to see if it is an instance of the TextRange class.
- If it is a TextRange, retrieve the font name using the TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontName property.
- Compare the font name to the specified font.
- If they match, set a new font name using the TextRange.CharacterFormat.FontName property.
- Save the modified document to a new Word file using the Document.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
namespace ReplaceFont
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
// Load a Word document
document.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\input.docx");
// Iterate through the sections
foreach (Section section in document.Sections)
{
// Iterate through the paragraphs
foreach (Paragraph paragraph in section.Body.Paragraphs)
{
// Iterate through the child objects
foreach (DocumentObject obj in paragraph.ChildObjects)
{
// Determine if a child object is a TextRange
if (obj is TextRange txtRange)
{
// Get the font name
string fontName = txtRange.CharacterFormat.FontName;
// Determine if the font name is Calibri
if (fontName.Equals("Calibri", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
// Replace the font with another font
txtRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Segoe Print";
}
}
}
}
}
// Save the document to a different file
document.SaveToFile("ReplaceFont.docx", FileFormat.Docx);
// Dispose resources
document.Dispose();
}
}
}
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