Centering an individual character with DrawString

Question

I have tried all of the suggested ways to center text, but I can\'t seem to get the results I want while centering an individual character.

I have a rectangle. In t

Answer 1

if you use

StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat(StringFormat.GenericTypographic);

you got

instead

hope this helps

Answer 2

Use GraphicsPath to accomplish the size calculation.

public static void DrawCenteredText(Graphics canvas, Font font, float size, Rectangle bounds, string text)
{
    var path = new GraphicsPath();
    path.AddString(text, font.FontFamily, (int)font.Style, size, new Point(0, 0), StringFormat.GenericTypographic);

    // Determine physical size of the character when rendered
    var area = Rectangle.Round(path.GetBounds());

    // Slide it to be centered in the specified bounds
    var offset = new Point(bounds.Left + (bounds.Width / 2 - area.Width / 2) - area.Left, bounds.Top + (bounds.Height / 2 - area.Height / 2) - area.Top);
    var translate = new Matrix();
    translate.Translate(offset.X, offset.Y);
    path.Transform(translate);

    // Now render it however desired
    canvas.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
    canvas.FillPath(SystemBrushes.ControlText, path);
}

Answer 3

Though John Arlen's answer is perfect, I'd like to post my answer:

    private void Form1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
    {
         // Set up string.
        string measureString = "HelloWorld";
        Font stringFont = new Font("Arial", 100, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);

        // 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), 10.0F, 10.0F, stringSize.Width, stringSize.Height);

        // Draw string to screen.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(measureString, stringFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF(10, 10f + stringSize.Height / 12.0f));
    }

code result like that:

"HelloWorld" is centered vertically in the red box.

For the height of descender line is approximately equal 1/6 of stringSize.Height calculated by MeasureString

---

| top padding 1/6

| word body 3/6

| word descender 1/6

| bottom padding 1/6