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System.Drawing.Text Namespace

The System.Drawing.Text namespace provides advanced GDI+ typography functionality. Basic graphics functionality is provided by the System.Drawing namespace. The classes in this namespace allow users to create and use collections of fonts.

Namespace hierarchy

Classes

Class	Description
FontCollection	Base class for installed and private font collections. Provides a method to get a list of the font families contained in the collection. For additional information on fonts and text, including example code, see Fonts and Text in the Using GDI+ Managed Classes section of these documents.
InstalledFontCollection	Represents the fonts installed on the system. This class cannot be inherited. For additional information on fonts and text, including example code, see Fonts and Text in the Using GDI+ Managed Classes section of these documents.
PrivateFontCollection	A collection of font families built from font files that are provided by the client application. For additional information on fonts and text, including example code, see Fonts and Text in the Using GDI+ Managed Classes section of these documents.

Enumerations

Enumeration	Description
GenericFontFamilies	Specifies a generic FontFamily object.
HotkeyPrefix	Specifies the type of display for hot-key prefixes that relate to text.
TextRenderingHint	Specifies the quality of text rendering.

See Also

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