Draw text stretched to fit a rectangle precisely in C#.NET

It shows how to draw text stretched to fit a rectangle precisely in C#.NET.

keywords: stretch text, Graphics, DrawString, GraphicsPath, draw text, draw string, text, text size, C#.NET

It helps to draw a text completely streched to your frame. it Works with the help of Graphics Objects Measuring String

You have to import a namespace.

using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

Drawing.Drawing2D

The System.Drawing.Drawing2D namespace provides advanced two-dimensional and vector graphics functionality.

Here the complete code.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

namespace testc

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

      

      

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

         

        }

        private void Form1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)

        {

            // Get the target area.

            {

                Rectangle target = new Rectangle(8, 8, this.ClientSize.Width - 16,

                    this.ClientSize.Height - 16);

                Font the_font = new Font("Times New Roman", target.Height,

                    FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);

                // Make the StringFormat.

                StringFormat sf = new StringFormat();

                sf.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;

                sf.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

                // Add the text to the GraphicsPath.

                GraphicsPath text_path = new GraphicsPath();

                text_path.AddString("Hello .NET World", the_font.FontFamily,

                    Convert.ToInt32(FontStyle.Bold), target.Height, new PointF(0, 0), sf);

                RectangleF text_rectf = text_path.GetBounds();

                PointF[] target_pts = {

            new PointF(target.Left, target.Top),

            new PointF(target.Right, target.Top),

            new PointF(target.Left, target.Bottom)};

                e.Graphics.Transform = new Matrix(text_rectf, target_pts);

                // Draw the text.

                e.Graphics.Clear(this.BackColor);

                e.Graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;

                e.Graphics.FillPath(Brushes.Blue, text_path);

                e.Graphics.DrawPath(Pens.Blue, text_path);

                e.Graphics.ResetTransform();

                //It draws the boundry for the text.

                e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Red, target);

                // to clear the graphics.

                text_path.Dispose();

                sf.Dispose();

                the_font.Dispose();

            }

        }

      

    

      

    }

}