How to XmlSerialize System.Drawing.Font class

Question

The classSystem.Drawing.Font is not XML Serializable since it doesn\'t have a default (empty) constructor.
Is there some work around or alternative way to

Answer 1

I use a serializable font, somewhat different from Elad's.

In my serializable data-entities I hide ([XmlIgnore]) the property with the Font type and expose the property with the SerializableFont type, which is "eaten" by the serializer.

Note that this is applicable to the XmlSerializer only.

/// 

/// Font descriptor, that can be xml-serialized
/// 
public class SerializableFont
{
    public string FontFamily { get; set; }
    public GraphicsUnit GraphicsUnit { get; set; }
    public float Size { get; set; }
    public FontStyle Style { get; set; }

    /// 

    /// Intended for xml serialization purposes only
    /// 
    private SerializableFont() { }

    public SerializableFont(Font f)
    {
        FontFamily = f.FontFamily.Name;
        GraphicsUnit = f.Unit;
        Size = f.Size;
        Style = f.Style;
    }

    public static SerializableFont FromFont(Font f)
    {
        return new SerializableFont(f);
    }

    public Font ToFont()
    {
        return new Font(FontFamily, Size, Style,
            GraphicsUnit);
    }
}