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+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace MonoGame.Extended.Gui.Serialization;
+
+public class VerticalAlignmentConverter : JsonConverter<VerticalAlignment>
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override bool CanConvert(Type typeToConvert) => typeToConvert == typeof(VerticalAlignment);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override VerticalAlignment Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        var value = reader.GetString();
+
+        if (value.Equals("Center", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || value.Equals("Centre", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return VerticalAlignment.Centre;
+        }
+
+        if (Enum.TryParse<VerticalAlignment>(value, true, out var alignment))
+        {
+            return alignment;
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid value for '{nameof(VerticalAlignment)}'");
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, VerticalAlignment value, JsonSerializerOptions options) { }
+}