I'm trying to achieve framed texts (using Windows Forms), e.g.:
Height is always the same, because my strings are less than 20 chars. What about width? Is there any way to get it automatically?
If you don't feel like dealing with the Paint eventhandler, you could try the TextRenderer class. It has a static method that is identical to the "MeasureString" method in the above answer. In this class it is called MeasureText however.
Use Graphics.MeasureString()
From MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6xe5hazb.aspx
private void MeasureStringMin(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Set up string.
string measureString = "Measure String";
Font stringFont = new Font("Arial", 16);
// Measure string.
SizeF stringSize = new SizeF();
stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(measureString, stringFont);
// Draw rectangle representing size of string.
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Red, 1), 0.0F, 0.0F, stringSize.Width, stringSize.Height);
// Draw string to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawString(measureString, stringFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF(0, 0));
}
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