Unfortunately this is an iterative process in which you will modify the
font size and then use MeasureString to determine the size of the text
rectangle until such times as the rectangle fits the area (more or less)
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[quoted text, click to view] Marius Horak wrote:
> I'm using
>
> float height;
> MeasureString(text, font, size, new StringFormat(), out charCount, out
> lineCount);
>
> to get number of lines, font is Ariel 9pt.
>
> Next
>
> height = lineCount * font.Height;
>
> to get rectangle height.
>
>
> But the height is not big enough. It's OK for 3-4 line but later the
> bottom of the text is being cut off.
>
> So I modified to
>
> height = lineCount * font.Height + lineCount / 2 + 1;
>
> But now the height is a bit too big.
>
> Any idea how to get the correct height?
>
> Thanks
>
Hi Marius,
I think you have misinterpreted Bob's answer. He was telling you how to
search for a font height to fit a given rectangle. I suspect this is not
what you are trying to do.
You don't seem to be inspecting the SizeF return result from your call to
MeasureString.
Cheers
Doug Forster
[quoted text, click to view] "Marius Horak" <nobody@eu.con> wrote in message
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> Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately this is an iterative process in which you will modify
>> the font size and then use MeasureString to determine the size of the
>> text rectangle until such times as the rectangle fits the area (more
>> or less)
>
> If I understand you correctly printing would be like this:
>
> 1. Get number of characters per line (N).
> 2. Print the first N charactes as a line.
> 3. Remove printed characters from the text.
> 4. All printed? If no, advance Y by the font height and go to 1.
>
> This is insane.
> People resposible for this should be sacked.
>
> MH
>
On 17 Oct, 19:04, "Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@_spamkiller_bobpowell.net>
[quoted text, click to view] wrote:
> Unfortunately this is an iterative process in which you will modify the
> font size and then use MeasureString to determine the size of the text
> rectangle until such times as the rectangle fits the area (more or less)
I don't think it needs to be trial and error. The SizeF returned by
the MeasureString method reports on the space occupied by the given
text using the given font. That space is proportiuonal to font height,
so for example if SizeF comes back twice as large as the space
available then the font height has to be readjusted to half the height
of the original font.
I know because I have used this strategy successfully.
Your strategy doesn't take into account the fact that the font width,
line wrapping, kerning and justification all change with font height.
--
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[quoted text, click to view] Phil H wrote:
> On 17 Oct, 19:04, "Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@_spamkiller_bobpowell.net>
> wrote:
>> Unfortunately this is an iterative process in which you will modify the
>> font size and then use MeasureString to determine the size of the text
>> rectangle until such times as the rectangle fits the area (more or less)
>
> I don't think it needs to be trial and error. The SizeF returned by
> the MeasureString method reports on the space occupied by the given
> text using the given font. That space is proportiuonal to font height,
> so for example if SizeF comes back twice as large as the space
> available then the font height has to be readjusted to half the height
> of the original font.
>
> I know because I have used this strategy successfully.
[quoted text, click to view] Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:
> Your strategy doesn't take into account the fact that the font width,
> line wrapping, kerning and justification all change with font height.
I'm not printing RTF. All text has the same font.
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