Window1.xaml

<Window x:Class="TextElementSnippets.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="TextElementSnippets" Loaded="WindowLoaded"
    >
    <Grid>
      <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="0"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="0"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="0"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="0"/>
        <RowDefinition/>
      </Grid.RowDefinitions>

      <Border Grid.Row="0">
        <!-- <Snippet_TextElement_BackgroundXAML> -->
        <FlowDocumentReader>
          <FlowDocument>
            <Paragraph
              Background="Bisque"
              Foreground="DarkGreen"
              Padding="4"
            >
              <Run>
                This text has a foreground color of dark green, and a background color of bisque.
              </Run>
            </Paragraph>
          </FlowDocument>
        </FlowDocumentReader>
        <!-- </Snippet_TextElement_BackgroundXAML> -->
      </Border>
      
      <Border Grid.Row="1">
        <FlowDocumentReader>
          <FlowDocument>
            <!-- <Snippet_TextElement_FontPropsXAML> -->
            <Paragraph
              FontFamily="Century Gothic, Courier New"  
              FontSize="16pt"
              FontStretch="UltraExpanded"
              FontStyle="Italic"
              FontWeight="DemiBold"
            >
              <Run>
                This text will use the Century Gothic font (if available), with fallback to Courier New.  It 
                will render with a font size of 16 points in ultra-expanded demi-bold italic.
              </Run>
            </Paragraph>
            <!-- </Snippet_TextElement_FontPropsXAML> -->
          </FlowDocument>
        </FlowDocumentReader>
      </Border>
      
      <Border Grid.Row="2">
        <FlowDocumentReader>
          <FlowDocument>
            <!-- <Snippet_TextElement_TypogXAML> -->
            <Paragraph
              TextAlignment="Left"
              FontSize="18" 
              FontFamily="Palatino Linotype"
              Typography.NumeralStyle="OldStyle"
              Typography.Fraction="Stacked"
              Typography.Variants="Inferior"
            >
              <Run>
                This text has some altered typography characteristics.  Note
                that use of an open type font is necessary for most typographic
                properties to be effective.
              </Run>
              <LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
              <Run>
                0123456789 10 11 12 13
              </Run>
              <LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
              <Run>
                1/2 2/3 3/4
              </Run>
            </Paragraph>
            <!-- </Snippet_TextElement_TypogXAML> -->
          </FlowDocument>
        </FlowDocumentReader>
      </Border>

      <Border Grid.Row="3">
        <FlowDocumentReader>
          <FlowDocument Name="flowDoc"/>
        </FlowDocumentReader>
      </Border>

      <Border Grid.Row="4">
        <TextBlock Name="textBlock1"/>
      </Border>

    </Grid>
</Window>