how to measure width of a string precisely?

Question

First of all, question How to measure width of character precisely? which is answered, doesn\'t really help for this case, so this isn\'t a duplicate of that.

Answer 1

Try to use this methods:

GDI+ (graphics.MeasureString and graphics.DrawString) >> System.Drawing.Graphics
GDI (TextRenderer.MeasureText and TextRenderer.DrawText)

It also may help you:

Write a custom measure method:

• Split entry string on special characters
• Use above .net methods
• Calculate width of special characters and sum ...

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