"sparkesy" <sparkesy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> MeasureString takes only a string as an argument with specified formatting
> etc. Is it possible (or is anyone aware of any utils) that enable you to
> measure the size of strings with inline formatting.
>
> ie
>
> "this is normal. <b>this is bold</b>. this is normal."
>
> ..........is different from
>
> "this is normal. this is bold. this is normal."
>
> (please imagine formatting and not mark up if this isn't displaying
> correctly!)
>
>
> I need to know the height of some text which has inline formatting - I
> know
> the width it needs to fit into.
>
> Obviosuly if some text is bold or italic, it will fill more horizontal
> space
> and possbly increase the overall height given a fixed width.
>
> Any ideas / pointers greatly apprecitated
>
> Sparkesy.