How to use a custom font with Windows Universal app?

Question

Like for my other windows phone 8 projects I wanted to use a custom font. But with the new Universal app architecture I struggle to put that in place.

I have created

Answer 1

Use this code in ur xaml

<TextBlock x:Name="txtblk" HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontFamily="Assets/filename.ttf#Font Name"/>

Answer 2

You're doing it all right, except for the font name (part after the '#'). It seems to be Rex, not Rex Bold.

<FontFamily x:Key="RexBoldFontFamily">/Fonts/Rex Bold.otf#Rex</FontFamily>