This sample demonstrates how control the appearance of text in your app.
Specifically, this sample covers:
- Modifying the amount of space shown between characters using the CharacterSpacing properties of the TextBlock and RichTextBlock controls.
- Modifying the amount of space shown between lines of text using the LineHeight and LineStackingStrategy properties of the TextBlock and RichTextBlock controls.
- Using OpenType features through the Typography class.
- Flowing text through multiple, linked text containers using the RichTextBlock.OverflowContentTarget property and the RichTextBlockOverflow control. This enables you to flow text around other UI and to resize text without disrupting your layout.
For info about text editing controls, see the XAML text editing sample.
To obtain an evaluation copy of Windows 8.1, go to Windows 8.1.
To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.
Note For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
Related topics
- Roadmaps
- Roadmap for C# and Visual Basic
- Samples
- Windows 8 app samples
- XAML text editing sample
- Reference
- TextBlock
- TextBlock.CharacterSpacing
- TextBlock.LineHeight
- TextBlock.LineStackingStrategy
- RichTextBlock
- RichTextBlock.CharacterSpacing
- RichTextBlock.LineHeight
- RichTextBlock.LineStackingStrategy
- RichTextBlock.OverflowContentTarget
- RichTextBlockOverflow
- RichTextBlockOverflow.OverflowContentTarget
- Typography
- Concepts
- Quickstart: Adding text input and editing controls
Operating system requirements
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Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.