Stylecop addin throw exception System.TypeInitializationException: The requested FontFamily could not be found [GDI+ status: FontFamilyNotFound]

[mingzhao]

Hi guys,

I managed to use stylecop (a static code analysis tool supported in MonoDevelop/VS by Microsoft) in MonoDevelop-Unity as an addin. It was installed successfully with just a few warnings, and the code check could work, however, when I tried to open “Stylecop Settings”, I always got the following exception.

System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine —> System.ArgumentException: The requested FontFamily could not be found [GDI+ status: FontFamilyNotFound]
at System.Drawing.GDIPlus.CheckStatus (Status status) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Drawing.FontFamily…ctor (GenericFontFamilies genericFamily) [0x00000] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.FontFamily:.ctor (System.Drawing.Text.GenericFontFamilies)
at System.Drawing.FontFamily.get_GenericSansSerif () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Drawing.Font.CreateFont (System.String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte charSet, Boolean isVertical) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Drawing.Font…ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Drawing.Font…ctor (System.String familyName, Single emSize, System.String systemName) [0x00000] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.Font:.ctor (string,single,string)
at System.Drawing.SystemFonts.get_DefaultFont () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Theme…ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic…ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine…cctor () [0x00000] in :0
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.get_MenuAccessKeysUnderlined () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Control…ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Windows.Forms.Control:.ctor ()
at System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext…cctor () [0x00000] in :0

According to mono addin webpage, I already installed X11 with latest version, and my box is a MBP with Mavericks 10.9, Unity3D 4.3(MonoDevelop-Unity 4.0.1) installed.

Stylecop addin for mono http://addins.monodevelop.com/Project/Index/54

I really want to use this powerful addin in my MAC, anyone hit the same issue like me? Do you have any workaround to fix?

Thanks!

[Sciandu]

Some digging suggests that WinForms may be looking for a font named “MS Sans Serif”. Checking my system, I see I have “MS Reference Sans Serif”, and “Microsoft Sans Serif”, but nothing actually named “MS Sans Serif”, which is consistent with this possibility.