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CharacterMetrics Class

Represents the metrics used to lay out a character in a device font.

System.Object
  System.Windows.Media.CharacterMetrics

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
public class CharacterMetrics
<CharacterMetrics .../>

The CharacterMetrics type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method CharacterMetrics() Initializes a new instance of the CharacterMetrics class.
Public method CharacterMetrics(String) Initializes a new instance of the CharacterMetrics class by specifying the metrics as a string.
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  Name Description
Public property Baseline Gets the baseline value for the character.
Public property BlackBoxHeight Gets the height of the black box for the character.
Public property BlackBoxWidth Gets the width of the black box for the character.
Public property BottomSideBearing Gets the recommended white space below the black box.
Public property LeftSideBearing Gets the recommended white space to the left of the black box.
Public property Metrics Gets or sets a comma-delimited string representing metric values.
Public property RightSideBearing Gets the recommended white space to the right of the black box.
Public property TopSideBearing Gets the recommended white space above the black box.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified CharacterMetrics object is equal to the current CharacterMetrics object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Creates a hash code from the metric values of the CharacterMetrics object. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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