Get "width" and "height" of text?

[Lasse Edsvik]

Hello

I was wondering if its possible to the "width" and "height" of a text when
creating a pic from text.

string sometext = "bla bla";
Font font = new Font("Verdana", 18);

SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(Colo r.Red);

Bitmap tb = new Bitmap(200,60);

Graphics bmpGraphics = Graphics.FromIm age(tb);
bmpGraphics.Cle ar(Color.White) ;

bmpGraphics.Dra wString(sometex t, font, sb, 14, 10);

in this case i create a 200x60, but I would like to create one that is as
wide and high as the text.

is that possible? even when changing font?

TIA
/Lasse

[Lasse Edsvik]

DOH! :D

font.GetHeight

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Hello

I was wondering if its possible to the "width" and "height" of a text when
creating a pic from text.

string sometext = "bla bla";
Font font = new Font("Verdana", 18);

SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(Colo r.Red);

Bitmap tb = new Bitmap(200,60);

Graphics bmpGraphics = Graphics.FromIm age(tb);
bmpGraphics.Cle ar(Color.White) ;

bmpGraphics.Dra wString(sometex t, font, sb, 14, 10);

in this case i create a 200x60, but I would like to create one that is as
wide and high as the text.

is that possible? even when changing font?

TIA
/Lasse

[Hans Kesting]

Lasse Edsvik wrote:

Hello

I was wondering if its possible to the "width" and "height" of a text
when creating a pic from text.

string sometext = "bla bla";
Font font = new Font("Verdana", 18);

SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(Colo r.Red);

Bitmap tb = new Bitmap(200,60);

Graphics bmpGraphics = Graphics.FromIm age(tb);
bmpGraphics.Cle ar(Color.White) ;

bmpGraphics.Dra wString(sometex t, font, sb, 14, 10);

in this case i create a 200x60, but I would like to create one that
is as wide and high as the text.

is that possible? even when changing font?

TIA
/Lasse

There is a MeasureString method that returns an approximate (!) size.

Hans Kesting

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Lasse,

As Hans said you can use Graphics.Measur eString which calculates the size of a string based on a certain font.
It is not 100% accurate but I believe it will return at least the size and then a tiny bit more.
If you want accurate size you need to use Graphics.Measur eCharacterRange s

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Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]