C# Drawstring Letter Spacing

Question

Is is somehow possible to control letter spacing when using Graphics.DrawString? I cannot find any overload to DrawString or Font that would allow me to do so.

Answer 1

Alternatively you could use the GDI API function SetTextCharacterExtra(HDC hdc, int nCharExtra) (MSDN documentation):

[DllImport("gdi32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] 
public static extern int SetTextCharacterExtra( 
    IntPtr hdc,    // DC handle
    int nCharExtra // extra-space value 
); 

public void Draw(Graphics g) 
{ 
    IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc(); 
    SetTextCharacterExtra(hdc, 24); //set spacing between characters 
    g.ReleaseHdc(hdc); 

    e.Graphics.DrawString("str",this.Font,Brushes.Black,0,0); 
}