1:  using System;

   2:  using System.Collections.Generic;

   3:  using System.ComponentModel;

   4:  using System.Data;

   5:  using System.Drawing;

   6:  using System.Text;

   7:  using System.Windows.Forms;

   8:  using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

   9:  using System.Drawing.Text;

  10:   

  11:  namespace OutGlowText

  12:  {

  13:      public partial class MainForm : Form

  14:      {

  15:          string OutStr = "Glowing Text";

  16:          int BlurAmt = 9;

  17:   

  18:          public MainForm()

  19:          {

  20:              InitializeComponent();

  21:          }

  22:   

  23:          private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

  24:          {

  25:              this.BackColor = Color.Black;

  26:          }

  27:   

  28:          protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)

  29:          {

  30:              Graphics g = e.Graphics;

  31:              Brush br = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(15, Color.White));

  32:   

  33:              g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality;

  34:              g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBilinear;

  35:              g.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit;

  36:   

  37:              for (int x = 0; x <= BlurAmt; x++)

  38:              {

  39:                  for (int y = 0; y <= BlurAmt; y++)

  40:                  {

  41:                      g.DrawString(OutStr, new Font("Arial", 48,FontStyle.Bold),br, new Point(x, y));

  42:                  }

  43:              }

  44:              

  45:              g.DrawString(OutStr, 

  46:                           new Font("Arial", 48,FontStyle.Bold ), 

  47:                           Brushes.Blue, 

  48:                           new Point(BlurAmt /2, BlurAmt/2));

  49:   

  50:              base.OnPaint(e);

  51:          }

  52:   

  53:      }

  54:  }