Maui custom fonts

[Benwcox1]

Description

This may be seen as a feature issue, but it seems that although I run through the procedure of adding a custom font, I can't consume it from within Maui Graphics ICanvas unless that font happens to be installed on the target system. I've only tested this on Windows platform. However, the font can be consumed from within XAML pages when not installed on the target system. Maybe this is a simple fix like making custom fonts globally accessible from within a Maui app.

Steps to Reproduce

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Link to public reproduction project repository

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Version with bug

10.0.0-preview.3

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

I was not able test on other platforms

Affected platform versions

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Did you find any workaround?

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Relevant log output

[Benwcox1]

public static class MauiProgram
{
    public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
    {
        var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();
        builder
            .UseMauiApp<App>()
			
			.ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
            {
				fonts.AddFont("Digital-7.ttf", "Digital-7");
				fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
            });

        // Add device-specific services used by the Flowenergi.Shared project
        builder.Services.AddSingleton<IFormFactor, FormFactor>();            
        builder.Services.AddMauiBlazorWebView();

#if DEBUG
builder.Services.AddBlazorWebViewDeveloperTools();
//builder.Logging.AddDebug();
#endif

        return builder.Build();
    }
}

//----------------------------------------
string digitalFont = "Digital-7";
Canvas.FontSize = Rect.Height / 24;
Canvas.Font = new Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Font(digitalFont, 500);
Canvas.DrawString("test", (float)center.X, gaugeMakerHorizontal, HorizontalAlignment.Center);

[jfversluis]

Duplicate of #9252

[Benwcox1]

Is there a way to achieve this until it is implemented? It seems like something that should be planned as more development requires graphical content.