Method GetTextExtent

Namespace: Alternet.Drawing

Assembly: Alternet.UI.Common.dll

GetTextExtent(string, Font, IControl?)

Gets the dimensions of the string using the specified font.

public abstract SizeD GetTextExtent(string text, Font font, IControl? control)

Parameters

text string: The text string to measure.
font Font: The Font used to get text dimensions.
control IControl: The control used to get scaling factor. Can be null.

Returns

SizeD: SizeD with the total calculated width and height of the text.

Remarks

This function only works with single-line strings. It works faster than MeasureText methods.

GetTextExtent(string, Font)

Gets the dimensions of the string using the specified font.

public abstract SizeD GetTextExtent(string text, Font font)

Parameters

text string: The text string to measure.
font Font: The Font used to get text dimensions.

Returns

SizeD: SizeD with the total calculated width and height of the text.

Remarks

This function only works with single-line strings. It works faster than MeasureText methods.