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StringFormat.Alignment

  


Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Math

public class MeasureCharacterRange
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class

public class Form1
  Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

  Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
        Dim txt As String = "www.java2s.com"
        Dim the_font As New Font("Times New Roman", 50, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
        Dim layout_rect As New RectangleF(0, 0, Me.ClientSize.Width, Me.ClientSize.Height)
        Dim string_format As New StringFormat
        string_format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
        string_format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center

        e.Graphics.TextRenderingHint = System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit

        Dim character_ranges(txt.Length - 1) As CharacterRange
        For i As Integer = 0 To txt.Length - 1
            character_ranges(i) = New CharacterRange(i, 1)
        Next i

        string_format.SetMeasurableCharacterRanges(character_ranges)

        Dim character_regions() As Region = e.Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges(txt, the_font, layout_rect, string_format)

        For Each rgn As Region In character_regions
            Dim character_bounds As RectangleF = rgn.GetBounds(e.Graphics)
            Dim character_rect As Rectangle = Rectangle.Round(character_bounds)

            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.White, character_rect)
        Next rgn

        e.Graphics.DrawString(txt, the_font, Brushes.Black, layout_rect, string_format)

  End Sub

  Public Sub New()
   
    MyBase.New()
    Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
    Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
    Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen

  End Sub

End Class

   
    
  








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