17.2. Drawing Classes and the Coordinate System
Figure 17.1 depicts a portion of namespace System.Drawing, including several graphics classes and structures covered in this chapter. Namespaces System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Drawing2D contain the most commonly used GDI+ components.
Figure 17.1. System.Drawing namespace’s classes and structures.
Class Graphics contains methods used for drawing Strings, lines, rectangles and other shapes on a Control. The drawing methods of class Graphics usually require a Pen or Brush object to render a specified shape. The Pen draws shape outlines; the Brush draws solid objects.
The Color structure contains ...
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