Can't change font size of label in C#

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 to build a very simple form. It all works fine except I need to dynamically draw a label onto the form. I can draw the label, but when I try and change the newlabel.Font.Size attribute, I get this error:

Property or indexer 'System.Drawing.Font.Size' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only 

What does this mean and how can I fix it? This is my first ever C# program, so please cut me some slack if I'm doing something really stupid.

Here is my code for drawing the label:

Label newlabel = new Label();
newlabel.Text = "BOOM";
newlabel.Font.Size = 72;//This causes the error
newlabel.ForeColor = Color.White;
newlabel.Location = new Point(250,250);
newlabel.AutoSize = false;
this.Controls.Add(newlabel);

Answer 1

You have to create a new font using: newlabel.Font = new Font(fontFamily, size);

Answer 2

try this

newlabel.Font = new Font(newlabel.Font.FontFamily, Fontsize);