Windows® Phone 7.5 Unleashed

Chapter 6. Text Elements

In This Chapter

• Using Run and LineBreak objects within a TextBlock

• Standard fonts in Silverlight for Windows Phone

• Embedding fonts

• Using fonts that have been downloaded at runtime

• Using input scope to change the layout of the onscreen keyboard

• Customizing the PasswordBox obscurity character

• Data binding the PasswordBox.Password property

• Blending text and rich content in the RichTextBox

• Placing text on the clipboard

Text plays a key role in the design philosophy behind the Windows Phone UI. Metro, Microsoft’s internal name for the design of the Windows Phone UI, places emphasis on text as a primary design element. Metro is about content, readability, and clarity, and less about chrome (colored backgrounds, ...