Text Outline with Graphics.DrawPath

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I'm writing a custom control that contains some text that I want to put an outline on it using this code:

VB

e.Graphics.DrawPath(New Pen(New SolidBrush(OutlineColor), OutlineSize), TextPath)

But when the outline is rendered, it has lines jutting out some of the letters and I don't know how to remove them. Is there any way to remove them?

Like this
http://i46.tinypic.com/23k2no.jpg[^]

Posted 10-Jul-12 18:59pm

olivewarbler

Updated 10-Jul-12 19:01pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 1:34am

Looks strange. Could you show the code where you get TextPath?
One bug you have here (probably unrelated to your problem) is: you don't Dispose your pen and brush.
--SA

olivewarbler 11-Jul-12 1:36am

Dim TextPath As New GraphicsPath
TextPath.AddString(ControlText, ControlFont.FontFamily, ControlFont.Style, ControlFont.Size, TextRectangle, StringFormat)

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olivewarbler · Answer 1 · 2012-07-10T20:27:00

Solution 1

I found an answer! If I set the pen's linejoin property to round, they disappear!

Posted 10-Jul-12 20:27pm

olivewarbler

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 14:55pm

Ah, that was a join! Sure, it's quite clear how it caused the problem. Look, usually answering one's own answer is not good, but this one was interesting and good to know. So, the whole post could be useful for others -- and I would like to keep this page accessible. Therefore, I voted 5 for both question and answer.

Thanks for sharing. Good luck,
--SA