Picture That: How to Write Text on an Image Using ASP.NET & C#

Introduction

This article explains how to Write a Text On Image Using Asp.Net & C#. In this article i am using some common library functions and methods.

Image Class & Bitmap Class

• The Image class is one of the example of Abstract Class
• The Bitmap class is an implementation of the Image class and it inherits from the Abstract Image class
• After implementation we can get the Image Class functionality in Bitmap Class.

C# Code

The following code is using for Write a Text On Image. We can change the below functionalities based on our requirement.

//creating a image object
System.Drawing.Image bitmap = (System.Drawing.Image)Bitmap.FromFile(Server.MapPath("onam.jpg")); // set image 
//draw the image object using a Graphics object
Graphics graphicsImage = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);

//Set the alignment based on the coordinates   
StringFormat stringformat = new StringFormat();
stringformat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Far;
stringformat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Far;

StringFormat stringformat2 = new StringFormat();
stringformat2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
stringformat2.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

//Set the font color/format/size etc..  
Color StringColor = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#933eea");//direct color adding
Color StringColor2 = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#e80c88");//customise color adding
string Str_TextOnImage = "Happy";//Your Text On Image
string Str_TextOnImage2 = "Onam";//Your Text On Image

graphicsImage.DrawString(Str_TextOnImage, new Font("arial", 40,
FontStyle.Regular), new SolidBrush(StringColor), new Point(268, 245),
stringformat); Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";

graphicsImage.DrawString(Str_TextOnImage2, new Font("Edwardian Script ITC", 111,
FontStyle.Bold), new SolidBrush(StringColor2), new Point(145, 255),
stringformat2); Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";

bitmap.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);

Graphics & Bitmap

A Bitmap is an object used to work with images defined by pixel data and you can draw the image object using a Graphics object. Check the below code.

//creating a image object
System.Drawing.Image bitmap = (System.Drawing.Image)Bitmap.FromFile(Server.MapPath("onam.jpg")); // set image 
//draw the image object using a Graphics object
Graphics graphicsImage = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);

Formatting the string

Change Text Alignment based on the coordinates.

//Set the alignment based on the coordinates   
StringFormat stringformat = new StringFormat();
stringformat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Far;
stringformat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Far;

StringFormat stringformat2 = new StringFormat();
stringformat2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
stringformat2.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

Text On Image

Set the font color,size,format.

string Str_TextOnImage = "Happy";//Your Text On Image
string Str_TextOnImage2 = "Onam";//Your Text On Image

graphicsImage.DrawString(Str_TextOnImage, new Font("arial", 40,
FontStyle.Regular), new SolidBrush(StringColor), new Point(268, 245),
stringformat); Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";

graphicsImage.DrawString(Str_TextOnImage2, new Font("Edwardian Script ITC", 111,
FontStyle.Bold), new SolidBrush(StringColor2), new Point(145, 255),
stringformat2); Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";

String Color

Adding the string color in two way...

Color StringColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;//direct color adding  
Color StringColor = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#933eea");//customise color adding 

Important Section

Namespace

The following namespace is contain Graphics, Bitmaps, Image Editing, and Alignment, etc libraries.

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

OutPut