Timer based animation for font
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Text;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
public class FontForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private Timer timer;
private int swellValue;
private string fontFace = "WingDings";
public FontForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
timer = new Timer();
Text = "Font App";
Width = 425;
Height = 150;
BackColor = Color.Honeydew;
CenterToScreen();
timer.Enabled = true;
timer.Interval = 100;
timer.Tick += new EventHandler(FontForm_OnTimer);
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 253);
this.Text = "Form1";
this.Resize += new System.EventHandler(this.FontForm_Resize);
this.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.FontForm_Paint);
}
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new FontForm());
}
private void FontForm_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{
Graphics g = e.Graphics;
Font theFont = new Font(fontFace, 12 + swellValue);
string message = "www.java2s.com";
float windowCenter = this.DisplayRectangle.Width / 2;
SizeF stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(message, theFont);
float startPos = windowCenter - (stringSize.Width / 2);
g.DrawString(message, theFont,
new SolidBrush(Color.Blue), startPos, 10);
}
private void FontForm_Resize(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(0, 100,
ClientRectangle.Width, ClientRectangle.Height);
Invalidate(myRect);
}
private void FontForm_OnTimer(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
swellValue += 5;
if(swellValue >= 50)
swellValue = 0;
Invalidate(new Rectangle(0, 0, ClientRectangle.Width, 100));
}
}
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