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Tag Archives: draw text
Find drawn characters under the mouse in C#
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
Posted in algorithms, drawing, fonts, graphics, strings
Tagged algorithms, C#, C# programming, characters, draw strings, draw text, drawing, drawn characters, example, example program, fonts, graphics, measure characters, MeasureCharacterRanges, SetMeasurableCharacterRanges, strings, Windows Forms programming
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Draw text with colors reversed along a sine wave in C#
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
Posted in drawing, fonts, graphics
Tagged C#, C# programming, draw text, drawing, DrawString, example, example program, fonts, graphics, Windows Forms programming
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Draw text with colors reversed along a diagonal line in C#
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
Posted in drawing, fonts, graphics
Tagged C#, draw text, drawing, DrawString, example, example program, fonts, graphics, text, Windows Forms programming
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Draw text with colors reversed in its upper and lower halves in C#
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
Posted in drawing, fonts, graphics
Tagged C#, C# programming, draw text, drawing, DrawString, example, example program, graphics, text, Windows Forms programming
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Use a custom dash pattern with WPF and XAML in C#
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
Posted in drawing, geometry, graphics, wpf, XAML
Tagged C#, C# programming, custom dash pattern, dash, DashDot, dashed lines, dotted lines, draw strings, draw text, drawing, example, example program, geometry, graphics, OnRender, render, rendering, strings, text, Windows Forms programming, WPF, XAML
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Draw text on a circle in C#
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
Posted in algorithms, fonts, geometry, graphics, strings
Tagged algorithms, C#, C# programming, characters, circle, circular text, draw string, draw text, draw text on circle, example, example program, fonts, geometry, graphics, measure characters, MeasureCharacterRanges, strings, text on a circle, text on circle, Windows Forms programming
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Justify paragraphs in C#
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
Posted in fonts, graphics, printing, strings
Tagged align text, C#, C# programming, draw paragraph, draw string, draw text, DrawString, example, example program, fonts, graphics, justify paragraphs, printing, strings, Windows Forms programming
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Align text by lines in C#
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
Posted in fonts, graphics, printing, strings
Tagged align text, C#, C# programming, draw paragraph, draw string, draw text, DrawString, example, example program, fonts, graphics, printing, strings, Windows Forms programming
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Draw paragraphs one line at a time in C#
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
Posted in graphics, printing, strings
Tagged C#, C# programming, draw paragraphs, draw string, draw text, example, example program, graphics, printing, strings, Windows Forms programming
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