FontFamily.GetCellAscent(FontStyle) Method

Definition

Returns the cell ascent, in design units, of the FontFamily of the specified style.

public int GetCellAscent (System.Drawing.FontStyle style);

Parameters

style
FontStyle

A FontStyle that contains style information for the font.

Returns

The cell ascent for this FontFamily that uses the specified FontStyle.

Examples

The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:

  • Creates a FontFamily.

  • Gets the cell ascent for that font family.

  • Draws the value of the cell ascent to the screen as text.

public void GetCellAscent_Example(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    // Create a FontFamily object.
    FontFamily ascentFontFamily = new FontFamily("arial");
             
    // Get the cell ascent of the font family in design units.
    int cellAscent = ascentFontFamily.GetCellAscent(FontStyle.Regular);
             
    // Draw the result as a string to the screen.
    e.Graphics.DrawString(
        "ascentFontFamily.GetCellAscent() returns " + cellAscent.ToString() + ".",
        new Font(ascentFontFamily, 16),
        Brushes.Black,
        new PointF(0, 0));
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also