Change font of HTMLbody in C#

Question

I am using mailitem.HTMLBody to process the text of an email body.

The entire body of the email can be accessed through mailitem.HTMLBody.

How can I change the font of the entire email body in C#? e.g Set font size as 10.5 and font as Consolas

Outlook.MailItem mailItem = (Outlook.MailItem)selection[1];

mailItem.HTMLBody = "<font size= 10>";

This does not work.

I hope that's not the real example that you're testing with - HTML tags without any text content won't render anything. You're changing the font for an empty page. (And, as @Spudley mentioned, font is deprecated. ) — 3Dave
– 3Dave, Commented Jun 28, 2011 at 14:30

Spudley · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-28 14:26:53Z

3

No.

Don't use <font> tags. This tag has been obsolete for a very long time now.

Instead, use a CSS stylesheet. This would be a separate file which you'd include (it can also be embedded in your main page using the <style> tag in your header, but it's better practice to have it as a separate file)

To set the font globally io your page using CSS, you can do this:

body {
    font-size: 10px;
}

Hope that helps.

answered Jun 28, 2011 at 14:26

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c_prog_90 Over a year ago

I have added the CSS style sheet, How do I call the stylesheet from my function which accesses the HTML body?

c_prog_90 Over a year ago

is it like mailItem.HTMLBody="<Stylesheet1>"?

Spudley Over a year ago

@thinkcool - it's "<style>body {font-size:10px;}</style>", and it goes in the page header section, not in the htmlbody.

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