Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class GraphicPathTextRegion
public Shared Sub Main
Application.Run(New Form1)
End Sub
End class
public class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
Dim txt As String = "Path"
Dim graphics_path As New GraphicsPath
graphics_path.AddString(txt, _
New FontFamily("Times New Roman"), _
FontStyle.Bold, 150, _
New Point(0, 0), _
New StringFormat)
Dim origin As Point = Me.PointToScreen(New Point(0, 0))
e.Graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias
e.Graphics.TranslateTransform(Me.Left - origin.X, Me.Top - origin.Y)
e.Graphics.FillPath(Brushes.White, graphics_path)
e.Graphics.DrawPath(New Pen(Color.Black, 5), graphics_path)
Me.Region = New Region(graphics_path)
End Sub
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
End Sub
End Class
