How to: Create Vertical Text

You can use a StringFormat object to specify that text be drawn vertically rather than horizontally.

Example

The following example assigns the value DirectionVertical to the FormatFlags property of a StringFormat object. That StringFormat object is passed to the DrawString method of the Graphics class. The value DirectionVertical is a member of the StringFormatFlags enumeration.

The following illustration shows the vertical text.

Dim myText As String = "Vertical text"

Dim fontFamily As New FontFamily("Lucida Console")
Dim font As New Font( _
   fontFamily, _
   14, _
   FontStyle.Regular, _
   GraphicsUnit.Point)
Dim pointF As New PointF(40, 10)
Dim stringFormat As New StringFormat()
Dim solidBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255))

stringFormat.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical

e.Graphics.DrawString(myText, font, solidBrush, pointF, stringFormat)

string myText = "Vertical text";

FontFamily fontFamily = new FontFamily("Lucida Console");
Font font = new Font(
fontFamily,
   14,
   FontStyle.Regular,
   GraphicsUnit.Point);
PointF pointF = new PointF(40, 10);
StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();
SolidBrush solidBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255));

stringFormat.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical;

e.Graphics.DrawString(myText, font, solidBrush, pointF, stringFormat); 

Compiling the Code

• The preceding example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e , which is a parameter of PaintEventHandler.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Draw Text with GDI