Drawing text on an arc.

AMP

Hello,
I am looking for sample code to draw text on an arc. I see the
stringFormat.FormatFlags enum for vertical but nothing for arcs. I
could do it with lenthy trig algorythm that would take in all the font
metrics,but if someones got something simpler, I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Mike

Feb 27 '06 #1

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Lau Lei Cheong

From my experience, neither .NET framework nor GDIPlus itself provide "ready
to use" method to draw text on arctic path. You ought to implementing them
yourself.

The hint is to compute the points on elliptic locus of the arc (by applying
form of concentric circles I suppose), then draw the string letter by letter
with those "Transform" functions in GDIPlus (System.Drawing namespace).
(Beware of the rotation angle, it ought to be the foci normal instead of
normal to center of ellipse)

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Hello,
I am looking for sample code to draw text on an arc. I see the
stringFormat.FormatFlags enum for vertical but nothing for arcs. I
could do it with lenthy trig algorythm that would take in all the font
metrics,but if someones got something simpler, I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Mike

Feb 27 '06 #2

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