Binding Installed fonts in dropdownlist using LINQ

Namespace


using System.Drawing.Text;


Here is markup:

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" AppendDataBoundItems="true">

    <asp:ListItem>--- Please select font ---</asp:ListItem>

</asp:DropDownList>

Paste code bellow and put on your page load event.

C#
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        if (!Page.IsPostBack)

        {

            InstalledFontCollection instedFontColl = new InstalledFontCollection();

            DropDownList1.DataSource = from font in instedFontColl.Families

                                       select font.Name;

            DropDownList1.DataBind();

        }

    }