How do I change the direction of a text by degrees?

Question

How do I change the direction of a text by degrees? I draw a text with DrawString and I want to change its direction by degrees. How do I do that? Thanks!

Scott Lysle · Answer

Use RotateTransform; see last two lines below - this will draw the text at 45 degrees. Dim G As Graphics G = Me .CreateGraphics Dim largefont As New Font( Arial  28 FontStyle.Bold GraphicsUnit.Point) Dim gradientStart As New Point(0 0) Dim txt As String = Elephant Dim txtSize As New SizeF() txtSize = G.MeasureString(txt largefont) Dim gradientEnd As New Point(txtSize.Width txtSize.Height) Dim grBrush As New LinearGradientBrush(gradientStart gradientEnd Color.Red Color.Blue) G.RotateTransform(Convert.ToSingle(45)) G.DrawString(txt largefont grBrush 250 -150)