Can you make an alpha transparent PNG with C#?

Question

I have a multi-browser page that shows vertical text.

As an ugly hack to get text to render vertically in all browsers I\'ve created a custom page handler that retur

Answer 1

Maybe you can find the answer in the source code of this CodeProject article:

Per Pixel Alpha Blend in C#

Answer 2

For text antialiasing play around with values in Graphics.TextRenderingHint. I'd advise not to use ClearType, because that will only show up nice on LCD monitors (not CRT), and might not work due to the rotation.

P.S. It's Vilx-, not Vlix. :D

Answer 3

Or, you could just render the text to a non-transparent PNG, but use a background color (instead of white) that matches the background color of the cell.