Hi Wilson,

You can use the MeasureString method in the Graphics class. Here is some sample code that would center text on a form by using graphics. It needs to calculate the width and height of the string to do this:

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

class MyForm: Form
{
     public MyForm()
     {
          Text = "Centered Form";
          BackColor = SystemColors.Window;
          ForeColor = SystemColors.WindowText;
          ResizeRedraw = true;
     }
     protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pea)
     {
          Graphics grfx      = pea.Graphics;
          string   str       = "MyString";
          SizeF    sizefText = grfx.MeasureString(str, Font);

          grfx.DrawString(str, Font, new SolidBrush(ForeColor), 
                          (ClientSize.Width  - sizefText.Width)  / 2, 
                          (ClientSize.Height - sizefText.Height) / 2);
     }
}

>Is there a way to know the the width and height of a string in pixels?