Windows Phone 7 Font

Question

I'd like to ask a question about Windows Phone 7. I'm really interested in what font is used for the app names on the tiles:

I know that the font for WP7 is Segoe WP, but I've checked Segoe WP Light/Semilight/Semibold/Bold/Black plus Segoe UI and Zegoe but no match. I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I originally thought it was just standard Segoe WP (since the font looked the same as when I generate standard text for the tiles using the default PhoneTextNormalStyle, which uses normal Segoe WP), but upon closer inspection it's actually Segoe WP Semibold. I did a few mockups in Paint.NET and you can tell - the thing that threw me off is that the calendar tile's text content also uses Segoe WP Semibold.

I had a trawl through the design guidelines and it doesn't mention which font is used for the Live Tile titles, but I'd trust the Silverlight Toolkit as mentioned.

Answer 2

Take a look at the toolkit's HubTile control.

I grabbed the code from there, as you can see it is Segoe WP SemiBold.

<TextBlock x:Name="BackTitleBlock" Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}" FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilySemiBold}" Margin="10,0,0,6" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="NoWrap" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>