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Font Metrics

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DrawingFontText

Adds font to FontRegistry from file and shows its metrics.

Code Snippet

using (var fontRegistry = new CustomFontRegistry())
{
    var fontSize = 30f;
    var dpi = 150f;

    // Load custom OpenType font
    var postscriptName = fontRegistry.Add("Amburegul.otf")[0].PostscriptName;

    var font = fontRegistry.CreateFont(postscriptName, fontSize, dpi, dpi);

    // Font metrics
    Console.WriteLine("Font: {0} {1}", font.Family, font.Style);
    Console.WriteLine("  DPI (X,Y):             {0},{0}", dpi);
    Console.WriteLine("  Size:                  {0}pt", fontSize);
    Console.WriteLine("  Ascender:              {0}px", font.Metrics.Ascender);
    Console.WriteLine("  Descender:             {0}px", font.Metrics.Descender);
    Console.WriteLine("  Height:                {0}px", font.Metrics.Height);
    Console.WriteLine("  Underline position:    {0}px", font.Metrics.UnderlinePosition);
    Console.WriteLine("  Underline thickness:   {0}px", font.Metrics.UnderlineThickness);
    Console.WriteLine();
}

Input

Amburegul.otf

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Output

FontMetrics.txt

Font: Amburegul Regular
  DPI (X,Y):             150,150
  Size:                  30pt
  Ascender:              50px
  Descender:             -13px
  Height:                68px
  Underline position:    -9.375px
  Underline thickness:   3.125px

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