/* Professional Windows GUI Programming Using C# by Jay Glynn, Csaba Torok, Richard Conway, Wahid Choudhury, Zach Greenvoss, Shripad Kulkarni, Neil Whitlow Publisher: Peer Information ISBN: 1861007663 */ using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data; using System.Drawing.Drawing2D; namespace Altamira { /// <summary> /// Summary description for Altamira. /// </summary> public class Altamira : System.Windows.Forms.Form { /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; public Altamira() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // InitializeComponent(); this.Text = "Text direction"; // // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call // } /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> protected override void Dispose( bool disposing ) { if( disposing ) { if (components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose( disposing ); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { // // Altamira // this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13); this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(224, 141); this.Name = "Altamira"; this.Text = "Altamira"; } #endregion /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Altamira()); } protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) { Graphics g = CreateGraphics(); string txt = "HELLO"; float alpha = 45.0f; int fontSize = 24; Point center = new Point(90,20); // Vertical text: FontFamily ff = new FontFamily("Times New Roman"); Font f = new Font(ff, fontSize, FontStyle.Regular); StringFormat sf = new StringFormat(); sf.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical; g.DrawString(txt, f, new SolidBrush(Color.Blue), center, sf); // Global shift of the origin: g.TranslateTransform(center.X, center.Y); // X + fontSize/2 g.DrawEllipse(Pens.Magenta, new Rectangle(0,0, 1, 1)); // center // Local rotation of vertcal text (sf): GraphicsPath gp = new GraphicsPath(); gp.AddString(txt, ff, (int)FontStyle.Bold, fontSize + 4, new Point(0, 0), sf); Matrix m = new Matrix(); m.Rotate(alpha); // clockwise gp.Transform(m); g.DrawPath(Pens.Red, gp); //g.FillPath(Brushes.Black, gp); // Global rotation of vertical text (sf): g.RotateTransform(-alpha); // anticlockwise g.DrawString(txt, f, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), 0, 0, sf); gp.Dispose(); g.Dispose(); m.Dispose(); } } }