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font height in Twips?

Hi
If we check Font.Height property it returns the value in pixel. How to
convert the same in Twips?
please guide

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sachin
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Twips are 1/20th of a point which is in turn 1/72nd of an inch so take
height in pixels, divide by DPI and multiply by 1440. Remember to cast the
font height to a float otherwise you'll get integer rounding problems. You
can get the DPI from the Graphics object.

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Hi
If we check Font.Height property it returns the value in pixel. How to
convert the same in Twips?
please guide

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sachin

Nov 16 '05 #2

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