' Display a text with 3D effect'' g: a Graphics object' text: the text to be displayed' coords: the Point with the X and Y coordinates' col: the text color' fnt: the text font' shadowCol: the shadow color (default is black)' shadowOffsetX, shadowOffsetY: the shadow distance of shadow in pixels ' (default is 1 pixel) - can be negative to give different effect'' Example:' Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object,' ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint' Print3D(e.Graphics, "this is a test", New Point(10, 10), Color.Red,' Me.Font)' End SubSub Print3D(ByVal g As Graphics, ByVal text As String, ByVal coords As Point, _ ByVal col As Color, ByVal fnt As Font) Print3D(g, text, coords, col, fnt, Color.Black, 1, 1)End SubSub Print3D(ByVal g As Graphics, ByVal text As String, ByVal coords As Point, _ ByVal col As Color, ByVal fnt As Font, ByVal shadowCol As Color, _ ByVal shadowOffsetX As Integer, ByVal shadowOffsetY As Integer) ' create the brush for the shadow text Dim sbrush As New SolidBrush(shadowCol) ' draw the shadow text g.DrawString(text, fnt, sbrush, coords.Y + shadowOffsetX, _ coords.Y + shadowOffsetY) sbrush.Dispose() ' create the brush for the foreground text Dim fbrush As New SolidBrush(col) ' draw the foreground text g.DrawString(text, fnt, fbrush, coords.X, coords.Y) fbrush.Dispose()End Sub