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Flow words around drop caps in C#

Posted on August 28, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C# implements a document layout algorithm that flows blocks around obstacles. Moving from there to flowing words around obstacles is relatively simple. The following sections describe the main places where … Continue reading →

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Flow words around obstacles for document layout in C#

Posted on August 19, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C# implements a document layout algorithm that flows blocks around obstacles. Moving from there to flowing words around obstacles is relatively simple. The following sections describe the two main places … Continue reading →

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Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C#

Posted on August 17, 2019 by RodStephens

The following two document layout examples draw “illuminated” text by using an initial or drop cap. Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C# Draw “illuminated” text in C# Martin asked how we could do something similar when the text … Continue reading →

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Draw text with colors reversed along a sine wave in C#

Posted on July 18, 2019 by RodStephens

The post Draw text with colors reversed along a diagonal line in C# demonstrated a general technique for splitting text (or any other image) into pieces that are drawn differently. That example showed how to draw text with some areas … Continue reading →

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Draw text with colors reversed along a diagonal line in C#

Posted on July 17, 2019 by RodStephens

The post Draw text with colors reversed in its upper and lower halves in C# showed how you can draw text that has upper and lower halves with colors switched. This example uses a similar technique to switch the colors … Continue reading →

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Draw text with colors reversed in its upper and lower halves in C#

Posted on July 15, 2019 by RodStephens

This example and the two that follow show how to draw text with an interesting visual effect. The idea is quite simple. Make two bitmaps showing the text with its different color schemes. Then use those images to fill different … Continue reading →

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Draw text wrapped to fit columns in C#

Posted on October 5, 2018 by RodStephens

The post Draw aligned columns of data in C# shows one way to draw text in rows and columns. It uses the Graphics class’s MeasureString method to size the columns so they are big enough to display their data without … Continue reading →

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Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C#

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Rod Stephens

My previous post Draw “illuminated” text in C# showed how to draw “illuminated” text. It drew each paragraph’s initial letter in a large font with a box around it. Real illuminated manuscripts typically make the initial letter much more elaborate. … Continue reading →

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Draw “illuminated” text in C#

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example lets you draw “illuminated text” where each paragraph begins with an oversized letter. In some illuminated manuscripts, the first letter of a paragraph is drawn in a larger font than the remaining text. This example does something similar. … Continue reading →

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Use StringFormat to align text in columns in C#

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Rod Stephens

My previous post Use tabs and StringFormat to align text in C# showed how to use a StringFormat object to draw tab-delimited text in columns. Unfortunately, that method doesn’t give you control over how the values in each column are … Continue reading →

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