PdfGraphics.TextOrigin Property

Specifies how to interpret a point passed to the PdfGraphics.DrawString method as a parameter.

Assembly : DevExpress.Pdf.v25.2.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public PdfGraphicsTextOrigin TextOrigin { get; set; }

Public Property TextOrigin As PdfGraphicsTextOrigin

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfGraphicsTextOrigin

Indicates the point location relative to the drawn text.

Available values:

Name	Description
TopLeftCorner

The point is the top left corner of the text rectangle.

| | Baseline |

The point is on the text baseline.

Remarks

Use the TextOrigin property to change the location of a point passed to the PdfGraphics.DrawString() overload as a parameter.

The image below shows the difference between PdfGraphicsTextOrigin.TopLeftCorner and PdfGraphicsTextOrigin.Baseline values.

The text point is calculated as follows:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using DevExpress.Drawing;
//...
using (var processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    processor.CreateEmptyDocument();

    using (PdfGraphics graphics = processor.CreateGraphicsWorldSystem())
    {
        PdfPage page = processor.AddNewPage(PdfPaperSize.A4);
        PdfRectangle pageSize = page.CropBox;

        string text = "DevExpress";
        using (var textBrush = new DXSolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, Color.DarkOrange)))
        {
            using (DXFont font = new DXFont("Segoe UI", 20, DXFontStyle.Regular))
            {
                SizeF textSize = graphics.MeasureString(text, font);
                PointF textPoint =
                   new PointF((float)((pageSize.Width - textSize.Width) / 2), (float)((pageSize.Height - textSize.Height) / 2));
                graphics.TextOrigin = PdfGraphicsTextOrigin.Baseline;

                graphics.DrawString(text, font, textBrush, textPoint);
                graphics.AddToPageForeground(page);
            }
        }
    }
    processor.SaveDocument("result.pdf");
}

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports DevExpress.Drawing
'...
Using processor = New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  processor.CreateEmptyDocument()

  Using graphics As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphicsWorldSystem()
    Dim page As PdfPage = processor.AddNewPage(PdfPaperSize.A4)
    Dim pageSize As PdfRectangle = page.CropBox

    Dim text As String = "DevExpress"
    Using textBrush As New DXSolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, Color.DarkOrange))
      Using font As New DXFont("Segoe UI", 20, DXFontStyle.Regular)
        Dim textSize As SizeF = graphics.MeasureString(text, font)
        Dim textPoint As
           New PointF(CSng((pageSize.Width - textSize.Width) \ 2), CSng((pageSize.Height - textSize.Height) \ 2))
        graphics.TextOrigin = PdfGraphicsTextOrigin.Baseline

        graphics.DrawString(text, font, textBrush, textPoint)
        ' Add graphics content to the page foreground
        graphics.AddToPageForeground(page)
      End Using
    End Using
  End Using
  processor.SaveDocument("result.pdf")
End Using