a:buFont (Bullet Font)

Describes the text-formatting structure used by a:buFont in DrawingML text bodies..

Parent elements

(none)

Child elements

(none)

Description

a:buFont is a DrawingML or SVG namespace element used to describe a specific part of a shape, text run, theme, or graphic. In the ECMA-376 DrawingML model, it participates in the XML content tree that defines visual appearance, geometry, and formatting for OOXML content.

The element is commonly encountered in presentation, document, and spreadsheet packages where shapes, charts, pictures, or text boxes are serialized as Open XML. The examples below illustrate a typical usage pattern and a corresponding Open XML SDK implementation.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`typeface`	string	font family	Font family used by bullet characters.
`pitchFamily`	string	0..255	Pitch family of the bullet font.
`charset`	string	0..255	Character set of the bullet font.

XML Example

<a:buFont typeface="Arial" charset="0"/>

using System.Xml.Linq;
XNamespace a = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main";

var buFont = new XElement(a + "buFont",
    new XAttribute("typeface", "Arial"),
    new XAttribute("charset", "0")
);

Console.WriteLine(buFont);

Notes

The permitted child elements and attribute values depend on the surrounding OOXML part and the schema version in use.
In practice, DrawingML content is usually generated from higher-level shape or picture APIs rather than built manually element-by-element.
When this element appears inside a document package, it is typically linked by relationships or contained in a drawing part that is referenced from a shape or graphic object.