Key Classes Related to Font, Text, and Printing Operations

The following details the namespaces this chapter discusses

  • System.Drawing— Provides basic drawing functionality inside of .NET. Outside of the Font classes listed here, the namespace is covered in detail in Chapter 9, “Drawing Functions.”

  • System.Drawing.Text— Provides access to some advanced GDI+ typography functionality.

  • System.Drawing.Printing— Provides functionality to manage printing functions in Windows.

Table 6.1 presents the key classes in these namespaces that you will use most often when writing printing and text-related code.

Table 6.1. Key Classes in the System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Text, and System.Drawing.Printing Namespaces
Class Description
Working with Fonts and Text

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