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17.37.1.Draw Font Metrics
Draw Font Metrics
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Math

public class DrawStringMetrics
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class

public class Form1
  Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

  Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
        Dim txt As String = "www.java2java.com"
        Dim layout_rect As New RectangleF(00, Me.ClientSize.Width , Me.ClientSize.Height)
        Dim string_format As New StringFormat
        string_format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
        string_format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        Dim the_font As Font

        e.Graphics.TextRenderingHint = System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit

        the_font = New Font("Times New Roman"80, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
        MeasureCharacters(e.Graphics, the_font, txt, layout_rect, string_format)

    End Sub

    Public Sub MeasureCharacters(ByVal gr As Graphics, ByVal the_font As Font, ByVal txt As String, ByVal layout_rect As RectangleF, ByVal string_format As StringFormat)
        Dim character_ranges(txt.Length - 1As CharacterRange
        For i As Integer = To txt.Length - 1
            character_ranges(i= New CharacterRange(i, 1)
        Next i

        string_format.SetMeasurableCharacterRanges(character_ranges)

        Dim character_regions() As Region = gr.MeasureCharacterRanges(txt, the_font, layout_rect, string_format)

        Dim em_height As Integer = the_font.FontFamily.GetEmHeight(FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim em_height_pix As Single = the_font.Size
        Dim design_to_pixels As Single = the_font.Size / em_height
        Dim ascent As Integer = the_font.FontFamily.GetCellAscent(FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim ascent_pix As Single = ascent * design_to_pixels
        Dim descent As Integer = the_font.FontFamily.GetCellDescent(FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim descent_pix As Single = descent * design_to_pixels
        Dim cell_height_pix As Single = ascent_pix + descent_pix
        Dim internal_leading_pix As Single = cell_height_pix - em_height_pix
        Dim line_spacing As Integer = the_font.FontFamily.GetLineSpacing(FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim line_spacing_pix As Single = line_spacing * design_to_pixels
        Dim external_leading_pix As Single = line_spacing_pix - cell_height_pix

        For Each rgn As Region In character_regions
            Dim character_bounds As RectangleF = rgn.GetBounds(gr)
            Dim character_rect As Rectangle = Rectangle.Round(character_bounds)

            gr.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, character_rect)

            gr.DrawLine(Pens.White, character_rect.X, character_rect.Y + internal_leading_pix, character_rect.Right, character_rect.Y + internal_leading_pix)

            gr.DrawLine(Pens.Yellow, character_rect.X, character_rect.Y + ascent_pix, character_rect.Right, character_rect.Y + ascent_pix)

            gr.DrawLine(Pens.Orange, character_rect.X, character_rect.Y + ascent_pix + descent_pix, character_rect.Right, character_rect.Y + ascent_pix + descent_pix)

            gr.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, character_rect.X, character_rect.Y + ascent_pix + descent_pix, character_rect.Width, external_leading_pix)

        Next rgn

        gr.DrawString(txt, the_font, Brushes.Black, layout_rect, string_format)
  End Sub

  Public Sub New()
   
    MyBase.New()
    Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(513)
    Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292273)
    Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen

  End Sub

End Class
17.37.Font Metrics
17.37.1.Draw Font MetricsDraw Font Metrics
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