System.Drawing

The Drawing namespace provides access to GDI+ basic graphics functionality. More advanced functionality is provided in the Drawing2D, Imaging, and Text namespaces.

Classes

Class	Description
Bitmap	Encapsulates a bitmap, which consists of the pixel data for a graphics image and its attributes. A Bitmap is an object used to work with images defined by pixel data.
Brush	Defines objects used to fill the interiors of graphical shapes such as rectangles, ellipses, pies, polygons, and paths.
Brushes	Brushes for all the standard colors. This class cannot be inherited.
ColorConverter	Converts colors from one data type to another.
ColorTranslator	Translates colors to and from GDI+ Color structures. This class cannot be inherited.
DrawingSettings	Allows to adjust the behavior of the drawing library in case of using of some features that are not yet implemented completely.
Font	Defines a particular format for text, including font face, size, and style attributes. This class cannot be inherited.
FontFamily	Defines a group of type faces having a similar basic design and certain variations in styles. This class cannot be inherited.
Graphics	Encapsulates drawing surface.
Icon	Represents a Windows icon, which is a small bitmap image that is used to represent an object. Icons can be thought of as transparent bitmaps, although their size is determined by the system.
Image	An abstract base class that provides functionality for the Bitmap and Metafile descended classes.
Pen	Defines an object used to draw lines and curves.
Pens	Pens for all the standard colors. This class cannot be inherited.
Region	Describes the interior of a graphics shape composed of rectangles and paths. This class cannot be inherited.
SolidBrush	Defines a brush of a single color. Brushes are used to fill graphics shapes, such as rectangles, ellipses, pies, polygons, and paths.
StringFormat	Encapsulates text layout information (such as alignment, orientation and tab stops) display manipulations (such as ellipsis insertion and national digit substitution) and OpenType features. This class cannot be inherited.
SystemColors	Each property of the SystemColors class is a Color structure that is the color of a Windows display element.
SystemFonts	Specifies the fonts used to display text in Windows display elements.
SystemIcons	Each property of the SystemIcons class is an Icon object for Windows system-wide icons. This class cannot be inherited.
TextureBrush	Each property of the TextureBrush class is a Brush object that uses an image to fill the interior of a shape. This class cannot be inherited.

Structures

Structure	Description
CharacterRange	Specifies a range of character positions within a string.
Color	Represents an ARGB (alpha, red, green, blue) color.
Point	Represents an ordered pair of integer x- and y-coordinates that defines a point in a two-dimensional plane.
PointF	Represents an ordered pair of floating-point x- and y-coordinates that defines a point in a two-dimensional plane.
Rectangle	Stores a set of four integers that represent the location and size of a rectangle.
RectangleF	Stores a set of four floating-point numbers that represent the location and size of a rectangle. For more advanced region functions, use a Region object.
Size	Stores an ordered pair of integers, typically the width and height of a rectangle.
SizeF	Stores an ordered pair of floating-point numbers, typically the width and height of a rectangle.

Enumeration

Enumeration	Description
ContentAlignment	Specifies alignment of content on the drawing surface.
CopyPixelOperation	Determines how the source color in a copy pixel operation is combined with the destination color to result in a final color.
FontStyle	Specifies style information applied to text.
GraphicsUnit	Specifies the unit of measure for the given data.
KnownColor	Specifies the known system colors.
RotateFlipType	Specifies the direction of an image’s rotation and the axis used to flip the image.
StringAlignment	Specifies the alignment of a text string relative to its layout rectangle.
StringDigitSubstitute	The StringDigitSubstitute enumeration specifies how to substitute digits in a string according to a user’s locale or language.
StringFormatFlags	Specifies the display and layout information for text strings.
StringTrimming	Specifies how to trim characters from a string that does not completely fit into a layout shape.