---
title: "Draw Text Using Glyphs"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "text [WPF], drawing with Glyphs objects"
  - "Glyphs objects [WPF], drawing text"
  - "typography [WPF], Glyphs objects"
ms.assetid: 587ab17e-a419-4ad5-b6da-8933a8e83d97
---
# Draw Text Using Glyphs
This topic explains how to use the low-level <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs> object to display text in [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)].  
  
## Example  
 The following examples show how to define properties for a <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs> object in [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)]. The <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs> object represents the output of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.GlyphRun> in [!INCLUDE[TLA2#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tla2sharptla-xaml-md.md)]. The examples assume that the Arial, Courier New, and Times New Roman fonts are installed in the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder on the local computer.  
  
 [!code-xaml[GlyphsOvwSample1#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/GlyphsOvwSample1/CS/default.xaml#1)]  
  
 This example shows how to define other properties of <xref:System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs> objects in [!INCLUDE[TLA2#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tla2sharptla-xaml-md.md)].  
  
 [!code-xaml[GlyphsOvwSamp2#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/GlyphsOvwSamp2/CS/default.xaml#1)]  
  
## See also

- [Typography in WPF](typography-in-wpf.md)