possible to get/set console font size in c# .net?

Question

I have seen posts on changing console true type font, console colors (rgb) but nothing on setting or getting the console font size. edit: reason = grid is output to console, grid has many columns, fits better in smaller font, wondering if possible to change at runtime rather than allowing default or configured fonts to take priority / override inheritance.

Answer 1

Maybe this article can help you

ConsoleHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Drawing;

namespace ConsoleExtender {
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
    public struct ConsoleFont {
        public uint Index;
        public short SizeX, SizeY;
    }

    public static class ConsoleHelper {
        [DllImport("kernel32")]
        public static extern bool SetConsoleIcon(IntPtr hIcon);

        public static bool SetConsoleIcon(Icon icon) {
            return SetConsoleIcon(icon.Handle);
        }

        [DllImport("kernel32")]
        private extern static bool SetConsoleFont(IntPtr hOutput, uint index);

        private enum StdHandle {
            OutputHandle = -11
        }

        [DllImport("kernel32")]
        private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(StdHandle index);

        public static bool SetConsoleFont(uint index) {
            return SetConsoleFont(GetStdHandle(StdHandle.OutputHandle), index);
        }

        [DllImport("kernel32")]
        private static extern bool GetConsoleFontInfo(IntPtr hOutput, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]bool bMaximize, 
            uint count, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray), Out] ConsoleFont[] fonts);

        [DllImport("kernel32")]
        private static extern uint GetNumberOfConsoleFonts();

        public static uint ConsoleFontsCount {
            get {
                return GetNumberOfConsoleFonts();
            }
        }

        public static ConsoleFont[] ConsoleFonts {
            get {
                ConsoleFont[] fonts = new ConsoleFont[GetNumberOfConsoleFonts()];
                if(fonts.Length > 0)
                    GetConsoleFontInfo(GetStdHandle(StdHandle.OutputHandle), false, (uint)fonts.Length, fonts);
                return fonts;
            }
        }

    }
}

Here is how to use it to list true type fonts for console,

static void Main(string[] args) {
   var fonts = ConsoleHelper.ConsoleFonts;
   for(int f = 0; f < fonts.Length; f++)
      Console.WriteLine("{0}: X={1}, Y={2}",
         fonts[f].Index, fonts[f].SizeX, fonts[f].SizeY);

   ConsoleHelper.SetConsoleFont(5);
   ConsoleHelper.SetConsoleIcon(SystemIcons.Information);
}

Crucial functions: SetConsoleFont, GetConsoleFontInfo and GetNumberOfConsoleFonts. They're undocumented, so use at your own risk.

Answer 2

In this thread I found a much more elegant solution that now works perfectly fine.

ConsoleHelper.cs:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public static class ConsoleHelper
{
    private const int FixedWidthTrueType = 54;
    private const int StandardOutputHandle = -11;

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    internal static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);

    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    internal static extern bool SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(IntPtr hConsoleOutput, bool MaximumWindow, ref FontInfo ConsoleCurrentFontEx);

    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    internal static extern bool GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(IntPtr hConsoleOutput, bool MaximumWindow, ref FontInfo ConsoleCurrentFontEx);


    private static readonly IntPtr ConsoleOutputHandle = GetStdHandle(StandardOutputHandle);

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    public struct FontInfo
    {
        internal int cbSize;
        internal int FontIndex;
        internal short FontWidth;
        public short FontSize;
        public int FontFamily;
        public int FontWeight;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 32)]
        //[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.wc, SizeConst = 32)]
        public string FontName;
    }

    public static FontInfo[] SetCurrentFont(string font, short fontSize = 0)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Set Current Font: " + font);

        FontInfo before = new FontInfo
        {
            cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf<FontInfo>()
        };

        if (GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(ConsoleOutputHandle, false, ref before))
        {

            FontInfo set = new FontInfo
            {
                cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf<FontInfo>(),
                FontIndex = 0,
                FontFamily = FixedWidthTrueType,
                FontName = font,
                FontWeight = 400,
                FontSize = fontSize > 0 ? fontSize : before.FontSize
            };

            // Get some settings from current font.
            if (!SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(ConsoleOutputHandle, false, ref set))
            {
                var ex = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                Console.WriteLine("Set error " + ex);
                throw new System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception(ex);
            }

            FontInfo after = new FontInfo
            {
                cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf<FontInfo>()
            };
            GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(ConsoleOutputHandle, false, ref after);

            return new[] { before, set, after };
        }
        else
        {
            var er = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
            Console.WriteLine("Get error " + er);
            throw new System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception(er);
        }
    }
}

This way you can just do:

ConsoleHelper.SetCurrentFont("Consolas", 10);