Font Alignment

How to align fonts along a baseline

When printing different point sizes of a font using VB's Print method, they default to aligning at the top of the characters rather than on a common baseline. This sample shows how to properly align them. Works for the Form, PictureBox, UserControl, and Printer objects.

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Uses the following API function:

  • GetTextMetrics
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