Colors, Fonts, and Text

2017-11-03 09:05:09

Three types of objects that are used to build graphics-intensive applications are colors, fonts, and text. In this chapter you will learn about the representation of colors, fonts, and text in the .NET Framework class library. We will cover the following topics:

Basics of colors, fonts, and text and how they are represented in Windows

Namespaces, classes, and other objects provided by the .NET Framework library to work with colors, fonts, and text

System fonts, colors, brushes, and pens

Color conversions and translations

System and private font collections

Formatting text using hinting, tab stops, and other methods

Setting the quality and performance of text rendering

Writing a simple text editor application

Text transformation operations such as scaling, rotation, and translation

Advanced typography

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