How to measure the pixel width of the string drawed over Drawing.Bitmap in .NET?

Question

I am generating a png image that contains a text dinamically written. I need to create the bitmap with the minimum width for file size reasons.

Answer 1

Use Graphics.MeasureString() to compute the width.

Answer 2

You can also use TextRenderer for slightly more accuracy. See this article for differences between this and Graphics.MeasureString :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc751527.aspx