1、介绍
字体图标在Web应用中最为常见,字体图标是矢量的,矢量图意味着每个图标都能在所有大小的屏幕上完美呈现,可以随时更改大小和颜色,而且不失真。字体图标常见的有Font Awesome和Elegant Icon Font,她们不仅图标数量多,还可以免费使用。这些图标如果能用在WinForm项目中,不仅可以带来更加直观的界面效果,也能让图标不再局限于类似png类型,本文将介绍在WinForm项目中如何使用字体图标。
2、字体图标的选择
网上IconFont资源很多,同时很多提供SVG下载的网站都会提供对应的IconFont文件。本文就以:比较流行且开源免费的FontAwesome字体图标为例,讲解.NET开发的WinForm项目如何使用。
FontAwesome,官网:https://fontawesome.com.cn/v4/icons

在上图中,我们可以看到每个图标都有对应的Unicode编码,我们需要使用这个编码来做图标的展示。
3、使用方法
下载字体图标到本地,放到项目相应的位置,如在我们的项目中使用了两类字体图标,FontAwesome和ElegantIcon,如下图所示。


在项目中定义字体编码对应的枚举部分代码如下所示。
/// <summary> /// 图标枚举,包含Awesome图标和Elegant图标,分别以A和E开头 /// </summary> public enum FontIcons { #region Awesome English:Awesome /// <summary> /// a fa 500PX /// </summary> A_fa_500px = 0xf26e, /// <summary> /// a fa address book /// </summary> A_fa_address_book = 0xf2b9, /// <summary> /// a fa address book o /// </summary> A_fa_address_book_o = 0xf2ba, /// <summary> /// a fa address card /// </summary> A_fa_address_card = 0xf2bb, #endregion #region Elegant English:Elegant /// <summary> /// The e arrow up /// </summary> E_arrow_up = 0x21, /// <summary> /// The e arrow down /// </summary> E_arrow_down = 0x22, /// <summary> /// The e arrow left /// </summary> E_arrow_left = 0x23, #endregion }
定义字体图标加载公共类:FontImagesHelper.cs,此类不仅支持对待加载图标指定尺寸大小、还可以设置前景色和背景色。

FontImagesHelper.cs源码如下:
/// <summary> /// 字体图标图片,awesome字体默认加载,elegant字体在使用时延迟加载 /// </summary> public static class FontImagesHelper { /// <summary> /// The m font collection /// </summary> private static readonly PrivateFontCollection fontCollection = new PrivateFontCollection(); /// <summary> /// The m fonts awesome /// </summary> private static readonly Dictionary<string, Font> fontsAwesome = new Dictionary<string, Font>(); /// <summary> /// The m fonts elegant /// </summary> private static readonly Dictionary<string, Font> fontsElegant = new Dictionary<string, Font>(); /// <summary> /// The m cache maximum size /// </summary> private static Dictionary<int, float> cacheMaxSize = new Dictionary<int, float>(); /// <summary> /// The minimum font size /// </summary> private const int MinFontSize = 8; /// <summary> /// The maximum font size /// </summary> private const int MaxFontSize = 43; /// <summary> /// 构造函数 /// </summary> /// <exception cref="FileNotFoundException">Font file not found</exception> static FontImagesHelper() { string strFile = Path.Combine(SystemInfo.StartupPath, "Resource", "IconFont\FontAwesome.ttf"); fontCollection.AddFontFile(strFile); float size = MinFontSize; for (int i = 0; i <= (MaxFontSize - MinFontSize) * 2; i++) { fontsAwesome.Add(size.ToString("F2"), new Font(fontCollection.Families[0], size, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point)); size += 0.5f; } } /// <summary> /// 获取图标 /// </summary> /// <param name="iconName">图标名称</param> /// <param name="imageSize">图标大小</param> /// <param name="foreColor">前景色</param> /// <param name="backColor">背景色</param> /// <returns>图标</returns> public static Icon GetIcon(string iconName, int imageSize = 32, Color? foreColor = null, Color? backColor = null) { FontIcons icon = (FontIcons)Enum.Parse(typeof(FontIcons), iconName); return GetIcon(icon, imageSize, foreColor, backColor); } /// <summary> /// 获取图标 /// </summary> /// <param name="iconName">图标名称</param> /// <param name="imageSize">图标大小</param> /// <param name="foreColor">前景色</param> /// <param name="backColor">背景色</param> /// <returns>图标</returns> public static Icon GetIcon(FontIcons iconName, int imageSize = 32, Color? foreColor = null, Color? backColor = null) { try { Bitmap image = GetImage(iconName, imageSize, foreColor, backColor); return image != null ? ToIcon(image, imageSize) : null; } catch { return null; } } /// <summary> /// 获取图标 /// </summary> /// <param name="iconName">图标名称</param> /// <param name="imageSize">图标大小</param> /// <param name="foreColor">前景色</param> /// <param name="backColor">背景色</param> /// <returns>图标</returns> public static Bitmap GetImage(string iconName, int imageSize = 32, Color? foreColor = null, Color? backColor = null) { try { FontIcons icon = (FontIcons)Enum.Parse(typeof(FontIcons), iconName); return GetImage(icon, imageSize, foreColor, backColor); } catch { return null; } } /// <summary> /// Gets the size of the icon. /// </summary> /// <param name="iconName">The icon text.</param> /// <param name="graphics">The graphics.</param> /// <param name="font">The font.</param> /// <returns>Size.</returns> private static Size GetIconSize(FontIcons iconName, Graphics graphics, Font font) { string text = char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)iconName); return graphics.MeasureString(text, font).ToSize(); } /// <summary> /// Converts to icon. /// </summary> /// <param name="srcBitmap">The source bitmap.</param> /// <param name="size">The size.</param> /// <returns>Icon.</returns> /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">srcBitmap</exception> private static Icon ToIcon(Bitmap srcBitmap, int size) { if (srcBitmap == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("srcBitmap"); } Icon icon; using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) { new Bitmap(srcBitmap, new Size(size, size)).Save(memoryStream, ImageFormat.Png); Stream stream = new MemoryStream(); BinaryWriter binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(stream); if (stream.Length <= 0L) { return null; } binaryWriter.Write((byte)0); binaryWriter.Write((byte)0); binaryWriter.Write((short)1); binaryWriter.Write((short)1); binaryWriter.Write((byte)size); binaryWriter.Write((byte)size); binaryWriter.Write((byte)0); binaryWriter.Write((byte)0); binaryWriter.Write((short)0); binaryWriter.Write((short)32); binaryWriter.Write((int)memoryStream.Length); binaryWriter.Write(22); binaryWriter.Write(memoryStream.ToArray()); binaryWriter.Flush(); binaryWriter.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); icon = new Icon(stream); stream.Dispose(); } return icon; } }
在RDIFramework.NET框架产品中整合了字体图标的使用,框架模块的图标按字体图标进行了整合加载,如下图所示。

调用对应图标的代码。
var img = FontImagesHelper.GetImage("A_fa_address_card", 26, "#66B9BF");
除了上面提到的字体图标,我们还可以使用阿里巴巴矢量图标库,地址:https://www.iconfont.cn/