IGraphics.MeasureString Method (String, Font, SizeF, StringFormat)

Measures the specified string when drawn with the specified Font object and formatted with the specified StringFormat object.

Namespace: MindFusion.Drawing
Package: MindFusion.Common

 Syntax

C#

SizeF MeasureString (
    string text,
    Font font,
    SizeF layoutArea,
    StringFormat stringFormat
)

Visual Basic

Function MeasureString( _
    text As String, _
    font As Font, _
    layoutArea As SizeF, _
    stringFormat As StringFormat _
) As SizeF

 Parameters

text

The string to measure.

font

A .NET Font object defines the text format of the string.

layoutArea

A .NET SizeF structure that specifies the maximum layout area for the text.

stringFormat

A .NET StringFormat object that represents formatting information, such as line spacing, for the string.

 Return Value

This method returns a .NET SizeF structure that represents the size, in pixels, of the string specified in the text parameter as drawn with the font parameter and the stringFormat parameter.