How to determine average character width for a font?

[Jonathan Eric Miller]

Does anyone know how to determine what the average width of a character is
for a font?

The reason I want to know is that I want to use it to size my text boxes.
For example, if I know that a text box will always accept 8 characters, I
want to size the text box so that it is roughly the size that will display 8
characters.

Jon

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Does anyone know how to determine what the average width of a character is
for a font?

The reason I want to know is that I want to use it to size my text boxes.
For example, if I know that a text box will always accept 8 characters, I
want to size the text box so that it is roughly the size that will display 8
characters.

You can use 'Graphics.MeasureString' to get the width of a character,
nevertheless IMO that doesn't make sense.

 

[Jonathan Eric Miller]

Why, how do you size your text boxes? Pick an arbitrary size?

Jon

 

[Guest]

Hello Jon,

First of all does your font vary in your application. Usally "Tohama" with Font size 8 is the
standard followed.

As far as determing the size of text box goes- the standard is to use "W" equal to number
of characters you want the text box to carry.

Chandrakumar Mudugere

----- Jonathan Eric Miller wrote: -----

Does anyone know how to determine what the average width of a character is
for a font?

The reason I want to know is that I want to use it to size my text boxes.
For example, if I know that a text box will always accept 8 characters, I
want to size the text box so that it is roughly the size that will display 8
characters.

Jon

 

[Thomas W. Brown]

-----Original Message-----
Does anyone know how to determine what the average width of a character is
for a font?

The reason I want to know is that I want to use it to size my text boxes.
For example, if I know that a text box will always accept 8 characters, I
want to size the text box so that it is roughly the size that will display 8
characters.

Jon


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Check out the Font.Size property which purports to return
the em-size for the font. In my experience this is almost
always much larger than the tmAveCharWidth type value that
you are looking for, but it can be used.

-- TB