Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Shapes

The Graphics class provides a variety of drawing methods including those shown in the following list:

• DrawLine Methods
• DrawRectangle Methods
• DrawEllipse Methods
• DrawArc Methods
• Graphics::DrawPath
• DrawCurve Methods
• DrawBezier Methods

One of the arguments that you pass to such a drawing method is the address of a Pen object.

The following topics cover the use of pens in more detail:

• Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Rectangles
• Setting Pen Width and Alignment
• Drawing a Line with Line Caps
• Joining Lines
• Drawing a Custom Dashed Line
• Drawing a Line Filled with a Texture