Why is font not available in ASP.NET code?
I have an ASP.NET site where I generate ID cards for users. I use a Bitmap object and call Graphics.DrawString to write various bits of text on the image. I have used various fonts to do this for quite a while, without any fuss.
A customer has now asked me to use the Roboto font for their card. I downloaded it from Google and installed it on my system - it appears in the control panel and is available to other apps. However, my card generator can't access it - it defaults to Microsoft Sans Serif. I used foreach (FontFamily family in FontFamily.Families) to see if it was listed, and it was not included in the list. I tried the same thing in a WinForms app, and the font was included in the list.
So, my question is, why can't I access this font from within an ASP.NET process? Is there some difference in the way fonts are supported between ASP.NET and WinForms?
Because the asp.net is run under specific pool, and this pool is logged in as different user - that probably have not installed that fonts.
So check under which user your pool is run, and install for that user that font.
