Font backward incompatibility

Question

I am using Segoe UI for my winforms application.

On XP, this font doesn't exist and I would like to have my app use Verdana instead.

What's the best way of achieving that.

Answer 1

It is always better to use default (system) font to achieve native look. So Vista uses 'Sergoe UI' as default font, and XP uses 'Tahoma' for this (not 'Verdana'). To get default dialog font use SystemFonts class:

protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
  base.OnLoad(e);
  Font = SystemFonts.DialogFont;
}