C1.C1Pdf.C1PdfDocument.MeasureString

MeasureString Method

MeasureString(string, Font, float, StringFormat, int)

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

Declaration

public SizeF MeasureString(string text, Font font, float width, StringFormat sf, int firstChar = 0)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	String to measure.
Font	font	Font object that defines the appearance and size of the text.
float	width	Maximum width of the string.
StringFormat	sf	A StringFormat object that determines whether word wrapping is allowed.
int	firstChar	The zero-based starting character position of a string.

Returns

Type	Description
SizeF	The size of the string expressed in points.

MeasureString(string, Font, float)

Measures the specified string when drawn with a given Font object into a rectangle with the specified width.

Declaration

public SizeF MeasureString(string text, Font font, float width)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	String to measure.
Font	font	Font object that defines the appearance and size of the text.
float	width	Maximum width of the string.

Returns

Type	Description
SizeF	The size of the string expressed in points.

Remarks

This overload wraps the string to prevent any lines from getting wider than the width parameter. The value returned contains the given width and the height needed to render the entire string.

MeasureString(string, Font)

Measures the specified string when drawn with a given Font object.

Declaration

public SizeF MeasureString(string text, Font font)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	String to measure.
Font	font	Font object that defines the appearance and size of the text.

Returns

Type	Description
SizeF	The size of the string expressed in points.

Remarks

This overload returns the width and height of the string without wrapping. Unless the text parameter contains line break characters, the height returned corresponds to the font height.