Programming .NET Windows Applications

The Drawing Namespace

The System.Drawing namespace includes several classes and structures. The most important of them are summarized, briefly, in Table 10-1.

Table 10-1. Drawing namespace classes and structures

Class	Description
Bitmap	Encapsulates a GDI+ bitmap, i.e., pixel data representing an image.
Brush	Abstract base class. Used to fill the interiors of graphical shapes.
Brushes	Provides static brush definitions for all standard colors.
Color	Structure representing colors, e.g., Color.Green.
Font	Defines a format for text, including font face, and sizeEncapsulates a typeface, size, style, and effects.
FontFamily	Group of type faces with the same basic design.
Graphics	Encapsulates a GDI+ drawing surface.
Icon	Transparent bitmaps used for Windows icons.
Image	Abstract base class common to the Bitmap, Icon, and Metafile classes.
Pen	Defines an object used to draw lines and curves.
Pens	Provides static Pen definitions for all the standard colors.
Point	Structure used to represent an ordered pair of integers. Typically used to specify two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates.
PointF	Same as Point, but uses a floating-point number (float in C#, Single in VB.NET) rather than an integer.
Rectangle	Structure that represents the location and size of a rectangular region.
RectangleF	Same as Rectangle, but uses floating-point values (float in C#, single in VB.NET) rather than integers.
Size	Structure that represents the size of a rectangular region as an ...