Antialiasing the text in Windows Forms Controls

[RSH]

I have been experimenting with overriding the Paint event on Win Form
controls...more specifically trying to force the text to render as
Antialiased text. I have not been successful in any of the methods Ive
tried...is there a trick? Any information or examples would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks!
Ron

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Ron,

What is the call to DrawString that you are making? Are you setting the
TextRenderingHint property on the Graphics instance you are using to draw to
the form?
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"RSH" <wa*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>I have been experimenting with overriding the Paint event on Win Form
controls...more specifically trying to force the text to render as
Antialiased text. I have not been successful in any of the methods Ive
tried...is there a trick? Any information or examples would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks!
Ron

[RSH]

Nicholas,

Here is what I have pieced together so far. My problem is that I see both
the text that was set in the label1.Text property, as well as my formatted
text. I cant figure out how to get rid of the previous text as setting the
label1.Text property = ""; erases all text.

private void SmoothingFonts_Paint(object sender,
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)

{

Label lbl = (Label)sender;

Font TextFont = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Regular);

e.Graphics.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias;

int height = lbl.Size.Height + 20;

int width = lbl.Size.Width + 500;

Size size = new Size(width, height);

Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(lbl.Location, size);

e.Graphics.DrawString(lbl.Text, TextFont, Brushes.White,
lbl.ClientRectangle);

}

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.comwrote in
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Ron,

What is the call to DrawString that you are making? Are you setting
the TextRenderingHint property on the Graphics instance you are using to
draw to the form?
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"RSH" <wa*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>>I have been experimenting with overriding the Paint event on Win Form
controls...more specifically trying to force the text to render as
Antialiased text. I have not been successful in any of the methods Ive
tried...is there a trick? Any information or examples would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks!
Ron