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How to: Draw Text at a Specified Location

Visual Studio 2010

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.

To draw a line of text with GDI+

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);
}

To draw a line of text with GDI

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);
}

Compiling the Code

The previous examples require:

PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of PaintEventHandler.

Tasks

How to: Draw Text with GDI

How to: Construct Font Families and Fonts

How to: Draw Wrapped Text in a Rectangle

Other Resources

Using Fonts and Text

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