Chapter 5. Colors, Fonts, and Text
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 ...
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