CharacterMetrics Class
Represents the metrics used to lay out a character in a device font.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
| 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(Object^) | 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() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
Available since 3.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.


