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The TextBlock object is the primary element for displaying text in Silverlight applications.

The default value of the FontSize property of a rendered TextBlock is 14.666 pixels, which is exactly 11 points.

The default value of the FontFamily property of a rendered TextBlock is "Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande". Application-served fonts are not required to enable the default font.

When setting text in a TextBlock, it is not necessary in XAML to explicitly specify the Text property; you can use the intuitive markup syntax of placing text within the TextBlock container as its content, or inner text:

<Canvas
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007">
  <TextBlock>Hello, world!</TextBlock>
</Canvas>

Note   Any leading or trailing whitespace is not preserved when setting the Text property.

The Run and LineBreak objects can also be used to render text. The Run object is a text element that represents a discrete section of formatted or unformatted text. The LineBreak object represents an explicit new line in a TextBlock. For more information on using a TextBlock and formatting text, see Text and Fonts Overview.

Examples

>The following XAML example shows how to define a TextBlock element and set its Text property to a character string:

<Canvas
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007">
  <TextBlock Text="Hello, world!" />
</Canvas>

The following illustration displays the result of the previous XAML content example.

TextBlock rendering with default font properties

See Also

Text and Fonts Overview
Run
LineBreak