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Simple text based avatar generator for C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Drawing.Text;
using System.IO;
namespace craigomatic.sample
{
public class AvatarGenerator
{
private List<string> _BackgroundColours;
public AvatarGenerator()
{
_BackgroundColours = new List<string> { "B26126", "FFF7F2", "FFE8D8", "74ADB2", "D8FCFF" };
}
public Stream Generate(string firstName, string lastName)
{
var avatarString = string.Format("{0}{1}", firstName[0], lastName[0]).ToUpper();
var randomIndex = new Random().Next(0, _BackgroundColours.Count - 1);
var bgColour = _BackgroundColours[randomIndex];
var bmp = new Bitmap(192, 192);
var sf = new StringFormat();
sf.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
sf.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
var font = new Font("Arial", 48, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
var graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
graphics.Clear((Color)new ColorConverter().ConvertFromString("#" + bgColour));
graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
graphics.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.ClearTypeGridFit;
graphics.DrawString(avatarString, font, new SolidBrush(Color.WhiteSmoke), new RectangleF(0, 0, 192, 192), sf);
graphics.Flush();
var ms = new MemoryStream();
bmp.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Png);
return ms;
}
}
}
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