Button controls provide several properties that can be set to customize the look and feel of the control
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <Button Content="Click Me" Height="50" Width="150" FontFamily="Trebuchet" FontSize="24" FontWeight="Bold" FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="Red" Background="Blue"/> </UserControl>