C# apply Color to Font

Question

I have code like this.

System.Drawing.Color col = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#101B83");
System.Drawing.Font nameFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 10);
System.Drawing.Font birthdayFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 6);
System.Drawing.SolidBrush drawBrush = new System.Drawing.SolidBrush(System.Drawing.Color.Black);
nameFont.Color = col;

Last line doesn't work, because .Color field cannot be found. Why?

Answer 1

Because a font does not have a color. A control can render text using a font and a color, but the color is not a property of the font.

EDIT:

If you want a textbox that uses a given font and color you can do the following (I'm assuming that you are using winforms):

var myTextBox = new TextBox();
myTextBox.ForeColor = col;
myTextBox.Font = birthdayFont;
myTextBox.Text = "Happy birthday!";

this.Controls.Add(myTextBox);

Answer 2

Fonts do not have colors. You use colors in the drawing code itself, or with the Control.ForeColor property