# GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font.CollectionFromFile

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Text_Font_CollectionFromFile_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font.CollectionFromFile*">CollectionFromFile Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Text_Font_CollectionFromFile_System_String_System_Collections_Generic_List_GrapeCity_Documents_Text_Font__System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font.CollectionFromFile(System.String,System.Collections.Generic.List{GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font},System.Boolean)">CollectionFromFile(string, List&lt;Font&gt;, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Loads all <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font.html">Font</a>s from a specified font file.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static int CollectionFromFile(string path, List&lt;Font&gt; fonts, bool initCodeMap = false)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function CollectionFromFile(path As String, fonts As List(Of Font), Optional initCodeMap As Boolean = False) As Integer</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">path</span></td>
      <td><p>The path to the file containing the font data.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1">List</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Text.Font.html">Font</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">fonts</span></td>
      <td><p>The destination list of fonts. It must be initialized beforehand.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">initCodeMap</span></td>
      <td><p>Set this parameter to True if you're planning to add the loaded fonts to the fallback font collection.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><p>The number of loaded fonts.</p>
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