Text Transformation

Code.cs

private void DrawText(Graphics graphics)
        {
            using(Font font = new Font("Arial", 20, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel))
            {
                // draw string as text without transformation
                using(Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Blue))
                    graphics.DrawString("Draw as text without transformation", font, brush, new PointF(10,10));

                // draw string as text with transformation
                GraphicsContainer container = graphics.BeginContainer();
                graphics.TranslateTransform(10,40);
                graphics.RotateTransform(15);
                using(Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Green))
                    graphics.DrawString("Draw as text with transformation", font, brush, PointF.Empty);
                graphics.EndContainer(container);

                // draw string as path 
                using (GraphicsPath path = new GraphicsPath())
                using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Red))
                {
                    path.AddString("Draw as path without transformation", font.FontFamily, (int) font.Style,
                        20, new PointF(10, 70), StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
                    graphics.FillPath(brush, path);
                }

                // draw string as path with transformation
                container = graphics.BeginContainer();
                graphics.TranslateTransform(10, 100);
                graphics.RotateTransform(15);
                using (GraphicsPath path = new GraphicsPath())
                using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Fuchsia))
                {
                    path.AddString("Draw as path with transformation", font.FontFamily, (int) font.Style,
                        20, PointF.Empty, StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
                    graphics.FillPath(brush, path);
                }
                graphics.EndContainer(container);
            }
        }

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