Is it possible to avoid a downcast

class Word
{
  System.Drawing.Font font; //a System type
  string text;
}

class Canvass
{
  System.Drawing.Graphics graphics; //another, related System type
  ... and other data members ...
  //a method whose implementation combines the two System types
  internal void draw(Word word, Point point)
  {
    //make the System API call
    graphics.DrawString(word.text, word.font, Brushes.Block, point);
  }
}

interface IMyFont
{
}

interface IMyGraphics
{
  void drawString(string text, IMyFont font, Point point);
}

class Word
{
  IMyFont font; //no longer depends on System.Drawing.Font
  string text;
}

class Canvass
{
  IMyGraphics graphics;  //no longer depends on System.Drawing.Graphics
  ... and other data ...

  internal void draw(Word word, Point point)
  {
    //use interface method instead of making a direct System API call
    graphics.drawText(word.text, word.font, point);
  }
}

class MyFont : IMyFont
{
  System.Drawing.Font theFont;
}

class MyGraphics : IMyGraphics
{
  System.Drawing.Graphics theGraphics;

  public void drawString(string text, IMyFont font, Point point)
  {

    //!!! downcast !!!

    System.Drawing.Font theFont = ((MyFont)font).theFont;

    //make the System API call
    theGraphics.DrawString(word.text, theFont, Brushes.Block, point);
  }
}

class Word
{
  //System.Drawing.Font font; //declared in a subclass of Word
  string text;
}

class Canvass
{
  //System.Drawing.Graphics graphics; //declared in a subclass of Canvass
  //concrete draw method is defined in a subclass of Canvass
  internal abstract void draw(Word word, Point point);
}

public struct FontHandle
{
  public readonly int handleValue;
  FontHandle(int handleValue)
  {
    this.handleValue = handleValue;
  }
}

[public|internal] MyFont GetFont(IFont font) {...} // or just Font

public void drawString(string text, IMyFont font, Point point)
{
    using(System.Drawing.Font theFont = GetFont(font))
    {
        theGraphics.DrawString(word.text, theFont, Brushes.Block, point);
    }
    // etc
}

interface IFont {
    object Font { get; }
}

class MyFont : IFont {
    object Font { get { return ...; } }
}

public void DrawString(string text, IFont font, Point point)
{
    System.Drawing.Font f = (Font)font.Font;
    graphics.DrawString(text, f, Brushes.Block, point);
}