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title: "What are the different ways to display text with Silverlight?"  
description: "What are the different ways to display text with Silverlight?"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2011-08-10  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1130/what-are-the-different-ways-to-display-text-with-silverlight  
category: "silverlight"  
tags: ["silverlight"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are the different ways to display text with Silverlight?

Silverlight supports displaying static preformatted text that is comprised out of glyph elements and also dynamic text that uses TextBlock. With glyphs, one needs to position the characters individually while TextBlock supports simple layout.

## Answers

### Answer by Chris Anderson

Silverlight supports displaying static preformatted text that is comprised out of glyph elements and also dynamic text that uses TextBlock. With glyphs, one needs to position the characters individually while TextBlock supports simple layout.


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