Digital Clock in WPF without Installing Digital Font

This blog show how to create Digital Clock in WPF without Installing Digital Font.

This is digital Clock in WPF without installing digital font.

MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="Digital_Clock.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Current Time" Height="120" Width="290" ResizeMode="NoResize" WindowStyle="ToolWindow"Icon="1370614099_42192.ico">
<Grid>
<TextBlock Style="{StaticResource FontAwesome}" FontSize="80" Name="tbk_clock">
   <TextBlock.Foreground>
      <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
         <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0.52"/>
         <GradientStop Color="White"/>
      </LinearGradientBrush>
   </TextBlock.Foreground>

   <TextBlock.Background>
      <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
         <GradientStop Color="Black" Offset="0"/>
         <GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1"/>
      </LinearGradientBrush>
   </TextBlock.Background>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Window>

MainWindow.xaml.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
namespace Digital_Clock
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
   public MainWindow()
   {
      InitializeComponent();
      System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer myDispatcherTimer = newSystem.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer();
      myDispatcherTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 100); // 100 Milliseconds
      myDispatcherTimer.Tick += myDispatcherTimer_Tick;
      myDispatcherTimer.Start();
   }
   void myDispatcherTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
      tbk_clock.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss");
   }
}
}

App.xaml

<Application x:Class="Digital_Clock.App"

   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
   xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
   StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
   <Application.Resources>

      <Style x:Key="FontAwesome" TargetType="TextBlock">

         <Setter Property="TextElement.FontFamily"Value="/Digital_Clock;Component/Fonts/#DS-Digital"/>

      </Style>

   </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Output: