Format Fonts and Background Color of a Textbox in SSRS

In this SSRS article, we will show you how to change the Textbox Font Style, Font Color, Font Size, Font Family, Font Weight, and Background Color of a Table Textbox in SQL Server Reporting Services with an example.

To explain the available Format options, We are going to use the below-shown report. Please refer to the Table Report article to understand the Shared Data Source and Dataset we used for this SSRS report.

If you see the below screenshot, It was a regular report with Product Name, Color, Sales Amount, and Tax Amount columns.

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If you observe the above screenshot, it displays the correct data but is not attractive to impress the end-user.

Format Fonts and Background Color of a Textbox in SSRS

To Format Fonts and Background Color of a Textbox in the SSRS Table, Please select the Header Row and go to the Properties as shown below screenshot

Format Background Color of a textbox in SSRS

To change the Background color, Goto BackgroundColor Property and select the required color. Here we are selecting CornflowerBlue

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Format the Font Color of a textbox in SSRS Table

To change the font color, Goto Font Color Property and select the color needed. Here we are leaving the Default Black color

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Format Font Size of an SSRS textbox Table

To change the Font Size, Goto FontSize Property, and change the font size as per your requirement. Here we are changing it to 12pt

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Format Textbox Font Style in SSRS Table

To change the Font Style, Goto FontStyle Property, and change the font style as per your requirement (Normal, Italic). Here we are leaving the Default

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Format Textbox Font Family in SSRS Table

To change the Font Family, Goto FontFamily Property, and change the font as per your requirement. Here we are changing the Font of a Header Text and Details Row to Lucida Sans.

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Let us preview the formatted report. If you observe the above screenshot, It looks neat and good

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