Tag Archives: draw text

Find drawn characters under the mouse in C#

Posted on January 20, 2020 by RodStephens

The following examples find the positions of drawn characters in a string that is drawn by using the Graphics object’s DrawString method. Measure character positions in a drawn string in C# Measure character positions when drawing long strings in C# … 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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Use a custom dash pattern with WPF and XAML in C#

Posted on March 13, 2018 by RodStephens

My post Render dashed lines in a WPF program using C# explains how a WPF program can use C# code to render lines with a custom dash pattern onto a bitmap. This post shows how to use a custom dash … Continue reading →

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Draw text on a circle in C#

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example uses some of the techniques described in the post Measure character positions when drawing long strings in C# to draw text on a circle. The previous post explains how to determine where the characters in a string will … Continue reading →

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Justify paragraphs in C#

Posted on January 26, 2018 by RodStephens

This example adds the ability to justify paragraphs to the example The example Align text by lines in C#. This is a bit more complicated than aligning text on the left, right, or center. (I don’t know why Microsoft didn’t … Continue reading →

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Align text by lines in C#

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Rod Stephens

The example Draw paragraphs one line at a time in C# shows how to draw the lines of a paragraph one at a time. Once you can do that, it’s a simple matter to align text one line at a … Continue reading →

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Draw paragraphs one line at a time in C#

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Rod Stephens

My next few posts show how to draw paragraphs on a Graphics object in various ways. The examples draw on PictureBox controls, but it’s important to remember that they work with any Graphics object including the one that you are … Continue reading →

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