XMLSerializer cannot serialize an object that contains a Font obje

[Philip K]

I was trying to use an XML file to save some program settings.
But cannot serialise the settings object if it contains a Font
object (even though Font is maked [Serializable()] in the MS
documentation.

Dies in new XmlSerializer(typeof(JigViewSettings));

What am I doing wrong ?

Code:

[Serializable()] // No change if omitting this line
public class JigViewSettings
{
public Font FontHeading;
public Color ColorTimberFill = Color.Yellow; // works fine if this is
in by itself

public JigViewSettings()
{
FontHeading = new Font("Arial Narrow", 8.0f);
}

static void Save(JigViewSettings settings)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new
XmlSerializer(typeof(JigViewSettings)); //Dies here
TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(settings.PathJigViewSettings);
serializer.Serialize(writer, settings);
writer.Close();
}

}

Error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred
in system.xml.dll

Additional information: There was an error reflecting type
'MiTekAUS.mi2020mn.JigViewSettings'.

[Philip K]

It has come to my notice that even though Font is marked as [Serialzable] in
the MS documentation, it lacks a default constructor.

The lack of a default constructor seems to imply that it cannot be
deserialised ?
Even though I am even having trouble serialising it, let alone deserialising
it.

PS Using Soap I can serialize it but cannot deserialise it.
(see my post under SoapFormatter)

I also tried saving its ToString value, in an appsettings key, but was
surprised to
see that Font's ToString() omits the Fonts Style and as such is an
incomplete desription of the font. However I can work around that. Fonts
ToString() does
include GdiCharSet which does not seem to be explained in the documentation
and appears to me to be possibly a value of a more internal nature ?

I am missing something here ?