Question

Windows Forms:

For System.Drawing there is a way to get the font height.

Font font = new Font('Arial', 10 , FontStyle.Regular); float fontHeight = font.GetHeight();  

But how do you get the other text metrics like average character width?

Answer 1

Use Graphics.MeasureString Method

private void MeasureStringMin(PaintEventArgs e) {      // Set up string.     string measureString = 'Measure String';     Font stringFont = new Font('Arial', 16);      // Measure string.     SizeF stringSize = new SizeF();     stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(measureString, stringFont);      // Draw rectangle representing size of string.     e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Red, 1), 0.0F, 0.0F, stringSize.Width, stringSize.Height);      // Draw string to screen.     e.Graphics.DrawString(measureString, stringFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF(0, 0)); }