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Easily draw rotated text on a form in C#

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The example Draw rotated text in C# shows how to draw rotated text. Unfortunately that method requires you to use code at run time to position the text. It’s not too hard but it’s inconvenient if you’re trying to draw … Continue reading →

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Get font metrics in a WPF program using C#

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Rod Stephens

This example explains how to get font metrics in a WPF application. It’s actually not too hard, it’s just hard to figure out how to do it. The font metrics are tucked away inside the FormattedText object and the Typeface … Continue reading →

Posted in drawing, geometry, graphics, wpf, XAML | Tagged C#, C# programming, draw strings, draw text, drawing, DrawText, example, example program, extension methods, font metrics, geometry, graphics, measure font, measure text, OnRender, render, rendering, strings, text, Windows Forms programming, WPF, XAML | Leave a comment

Easily render rotated text in a WPF program using C#

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Render text easily in a WPF program using C# shows how to make an extension method that makes rendering text easy in WPF. This example makes a similar extension method that helps you render rotated text. This is … Continue reading →

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Render text filled with an image in a WPF program using C#

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Render outlined text in a WPF program using C# shows how to draw text that is filled with one color and outlined with another. This example uses the following overridden OnRender to render text filled with an image. … Continue reading →

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Render outlined text in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Render text in a WPF program using C# shows how to draw basic text. This example uses the following overridden OnRender to draw outlined text. protected override void OnRender(DrawingContext drawingContext) { // Clear the background. Rect bg_rect = … Continue reading →

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Render text easily in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Render text in a WPF program using C# explains how to draw text in WPF code. This example uses the following extension method to make drawing text easier. // Draw text at the indicated location. public static void … Continue reading →

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Render text in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Rod Stephens

Normally to display text in WPF you use some sort of object such as a Label or TextBlock, but you can draw text yourself if necessary. To make this easier, at design time I set the window’s Background property to … Continue reading →

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Render polygons and polylines in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Rod Stephens

WPF lets you do all sorts of interesting things that are much harder in Windows Forms applications. However sometimes, as in this example, it makes simple things much harder. (WPF’s slogan should be, “Twice as flexible and only five times … Continue reading →

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Render dashed lines in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Rod Stephens

When you draw in WPF, you create a Pen object. You can set that object’s DashStyle to make the pen draw dashed or dotted lines. The following code shows how this example draws the second line from the top. Pen … Continue reading →

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Measure character positions when drawing long strings in C#

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Measure character positions in a drawn string in C# uses the Graphics class’s MeasureCharacterRanges method to find the positions where characters in a string will be drawn. Unfortunately this method requires you to call a StringFormat object’s SetMeasurableCharacterRanges … Continue reading →