1. Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET
  2. Aurigma Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET
  3. Class Library Reference
  4. Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing Namespace
  5. Font Class
  6. Font Methods
  7. GetBlackBox Method
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Font.GetBlackBox Method (Char)

Returns a rectangle that describes the character black box.

Namespace: Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing
Assembly: Aurigma.GraphicsMill (in Aurigma.GraphicsMill.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic 
Public Function GetBlackBox ( _
	symbol As Char _
) As RectangleF
C# 
public RectangleF GetBlackBox(
	char symbol
)

Parameters

symbol

Type: System.Char

Character to retrieve black box for.

Return Value

The rectangle that describes the character black box.

Remarks

Character black box is a tightest bounding rectangle of the glyph in the character cell. This way you can calculate actual height of the character without any leading whitespaces.

See Also

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