C# Signature:

[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
static extern bool ExtTextOut(IntPtr hdc, int X, int Y, uint fuOptions,
   [In] ref RECT lprc, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpString,
   uint cbCount, [In] int [] lpDx);

useful constants:

        [Flags]
        public enum ETOOptions : uint
        {
            ETO_CLIPPED = 0x4,
            ETO_GLYPH_INDEX = 0x10,
            ETO_IGNORELANGUAGE = 0x1000,
            ETO_NUMERICSLATIN = 0x800,
            ETO_NUMERICSLOCAL = 0x400,
            ETO_OPAQUE = 0x2,
            ETO_PDY = 0x2000,
            ETO_RTLREADING = 0x800,
        }

User-Defined Types:

See RECT.

Notes:

None.

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Alternative Managed API:

System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawString

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