Multicolor text on button

Question

is it possible to create a custombutton whose text should be in two colors. I found out that it is possible by creating customcontrol and overriding onpaint method and using gdi+ . I am not comfortable in GDI+. Can anyone please help me in this matter

Answer 1

A minimal test with a gradient brush (you can use different brushes/fonts to colorize letters), to be improved by adding properties for the text, background, mouse hover, etc... :

(remove space at each On Paint, editor bug...)

public partial class CustomButton : Button  
{  
    protected override void On Paint(PaintEventArgs pevent)  
    {  
        Text = "";  
        base.On Paint(pevent);  
        Text = "This is a test";  
        using (Font font = new Font("Arial", 20, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Point))  
        {  
            using (LinearGradientBrush brush = new LinearGradientBrush(new Rectangle(0, 0, Width, Height), Color.Blue, Color.Red, LinearGradientMode.Horizontal))  
            {  
                StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();  
                stringFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;  
                stringFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;  
                Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, Width, Height);  
                //pevent.Graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Yellow), rect);  
                pevent.Graphics.DrawString(Text, font, brush, rect, stringFormat);  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}