In WPF .NET 6, how do I set the character spacing of a textblock

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I am wanting to increase the character spacing of a TextBlock or Label in WPF. This is NOT UWP.

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I have seen example code stating to use Glyphs. I dont like this method because you have to onow the actual font path, which is required by the Glyph object.

Posted 18-Feb-24 15:39pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2024-02-18T19:38:00

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There is another way here, but I've not tried it myself: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5843562/how-can-i-specify-letter-spacing-or-kerning-in-a-wpf-textbox[^]

Posted 18-Feb-24 19:38pm

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CoderzF1 19-Feb-24 4:11am

I have actually tried the marked solution from that post. Really all that is doing is adding multiple TextBlocks with a right-margin set. It may be the way I have to go, even though I don't like it. I can even use the Glyphs object, however, I would have to package a font with the application due to the only way to set the font for Glyphs is to supply the Font Uri. I don't know why Microsoft didn't supply an easier way to do this. UWP has an attribute for TextBlock to set Character Spacing but not Standard WPF.