Fontmetrics

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gene Vital
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Gene said:
What is the easiest way to get the width of a string based on font metrics?
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System.Drawing.Graphics has an instance method MeasureString that takes
a Font and a String and returns a SizeF.

Adam
 
In addition to Adam's answer you can use MeasureCharacterRanges for a more
accurate result in some cases.

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