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How to: Draw Text at a Specified Location

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When you perform custom drawing, you can draw text in a single horizontal line starting at a specified point. You can draw text in this manner by using the DrawString overloaded method of the Graphics class that takes a Point or PointF parameter. The DrawString method also requires a Brush and Font

You can also use the DrawText overloaded method of the TextRenderer that takes a Point. DrawText also requires a Color and a Font.

The following illustration shows the output of text drawn at a specified point when you use the DrawString overloaded method.

Screenshot that shows the output of text at a specified point.

To draw a line of text with GDI+

  1. Use the DrawString method, passing the text you want, Point or PointF, Font, and Brush.

    using (Font font1 = new Font("Times New Roman", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)){
PointF pointF1 = new PointF(30, 10);
e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello", font1, Brushes.Blue, pointF1);
}

    Dim font1 As New Font("Times New Roman", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
Try
    Dim pointF1 As New PointF(30, 10)
    e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello", font1, Brushes.Blue, pointF1)
Finally
    font1.Dispose()
End Try

To draw a line of text with GDI

  1. Use the DrawText method, passing the text you want, Point, Font, and Color.

    using (Font font = new Font("Times New Roman", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel))
{
    Point point1 = new Point(30, 10);
    TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, "Hello", font, point1, Color.Blue);
}

    Dim font As New Font("Times New Roman", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
Try
    Dim point1 As New Point(30, 10)
    TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, "Hello", font, point1, Color.Blue)
Finally
    font.Dispose()
End Try

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The previous examples require:

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