Displaying font metric information
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing.Text
Public Class MainClass
Shared Sub Main()
Dim myform As Form = New FrmFontMetrics()
Application.Run(myform)
End Sub ' Main
End Class
Public Class FrmFontMetrics
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
'
'frmFontMetrics
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(920, 253)
Me.Name = "frmFontMetrics"
Me.Text = "Metrics"
End Sub
#End Region
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint( _
ByVal paintEvent As PaintEventArgs)
Dim graphicsObject As Graphics = paintEvent.Graphics
Dim brush As SolidBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.Red)
Dim pen As Pen = New Pen(brush, Convert.ToSingle(2.5))
' Arial font metrics
Dim arial As Font = New Font("Arial", 12)
Dim family As FontFamily = arial.FontFamily
Dim sanSerif As Font = New Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", _
14, FontStyle.Italic)
pen.Color = brush.Color
brush.Color = Color.DarkBlue
' display Arial font metrics
graphicsObject.DrawString("Current Font: " & arial.ToString, _
arial, brush, 10, 10)
graphicsObject.DrawString("Ascent: " & _
family.GetCellAscent(FontStyle.Regular), arial, brush, _
10, 30)
graphicsObject.DrawString("Descent: " & _
family.GetCellDescent(FontStyle.Regular), arial, brush, _
10, 50)
graphicsObject.DrawString("Height: " & family.GetEmHeight _
(FontStyle.Regular), arial, brush, 10, 70)
graphicsObject.DrawString("Leading: " & _
family.GetLineSpacing(FontStyle.Regular), arial, brush, _
10, 90)
End Sub ' OnPaint
End Class
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