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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.

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Classes within the System.Drawing.Text namespace are not supported for use within a Windows or ASP.NET service. Attempting to use these classes from within one of these application types may produce unexpected problems, such as diminished service performance and run-time exceptions.

  ClassDescription
81w2k207.pubclass(en-us,VS.90).gifFontCollection Provides a base class for installed and private font collections.
81w2k207.pubclass(en-us,VS.90).gifInstalledFontCollection Represents the fonts installed on the system. This class cannot be inherited.
81w2k207.pubclass(en-us,VS.90).gifPrivateFontCollection Provides a collection of font families built from font files that are provided by the client application.
  EnumerationDescription
81w2k207.pubenumeration(en-us,VS.90).gifGenericFontFamilies Specifies a generic FontFamily object.
81w2k207.pubenumeration(en-us,VS.90).gifHotkeyPrefix Specifies the type of display for hot-key prefixes that relate to text.
81w2k207.pubenumeration(en-us,VS.90).gifTextRenderingHint Specifies the quality of text rendering.

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