User187056398 posted
Yes. In the following code, lines 26 and 27 measure the text using the selected font:
1 /// ---- TextToBitmap ----------------------------
2 ///
3 /// using System.Drawing;
4 /// using System.Drawing.Imaging;
5 /// Author: Steve Wellens
6 ///
7 /// <summary>
8 /// Takes a Text string and returns a bitmap of the string
9 /// </summary>
10
11 public static Bitmap TextToBitmap(String TheText)
12 {
13 Font DrawFont = null;
14 SolidBrush DrawBrush = null;
15 Graphics DrawGraphics = null;
16 Bitmap TextBitmap = null;
17 try
18 {
19 // start with empty bitmap, get it's graphic's object
20 // and choose a font
21 TextBitmap = new Bitmap(1, 1);
22 DrawGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(TextBitmap);
23 DrawFont = new Font("Arial", 16);
24
25 // see how big the text will be
26 int Width = (int)DrawGraphics.MeasureString(TheText, DrawFont).Width;
27 int Height = (int)DrawGraphics.MeasureString(TheText, DrawFont).Height;
28
29 // recreate the bitmap and graphic object with the new size
30 TextBitmap = new Bitmap(TextBitmap, Width, Height);
31 DrawGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(TextBitmap);
32
33 // get the drawing brush and where we're going to draw
34 DrawBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
35 PointF DrawPoint = new PointF(0, 0);
36
37 // clear the graphic white and draw the string
38 DrawGraphics.Clear(Color.White);
39 DrawGraphics.DrawString(TheText, DrawFont, DrawBrush, DrawPoint);
40
41 return TextBitmap;
42 }
43 finally
44 {
45 // don't dispose the bitmap, the caller needs it.
46 DrawFont.Dispose();
47 DrawBrush.Dispose();
48 DrawGraphics.Dispose();
49 }
50 }
51
