CharacterMetrics Class
.NET Framework 4.5
Represents the metrics used to lay out a character in a device font.
Namespace: System.Windows.Media
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
The CharacterMetrics type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CharacterMetrics() | Initializes a new instance of the CharacterMetrics class. |
| CharacterMetrics(String) | Initializes a new instance of the CharacterMetrics class by specifying the metrics as a string. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Gets the baseline value for the character. |
| BlackBoxHeight | Gets the height of the black box for the character. |
| BlackBoxWidth | Gets the width of the black box for the character. |
| BottomSideBearing | Gets the recommended white space below the black box. |
| LeftSideBearing | Gets the recommended white space to the left of the black box. |
| Metrics | Gets or sets a comma-delimited string representing metric values. |
| RightSideBearing | Gets the recommended white space to the right of the black box. |
| TopSideBearing | Gets the recommended white space above the black box. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals | Determines whether the specified CharacterMetrics object is equal to the current CharacterMetrics object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Creates a hash code from the metric values of the CharacterMetrics object. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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