MeasureString() pads the text on the left and the right

Question

I\'m using GDI+ in C++. (This issue might exist in C# too).

I notice that whenever I call Graphics::MeasureString() or Graphics::DrawString(), the string is padded

Answer 1

It's true that is by design, however the link on the accepted answer is actually not perfect. The issue is the use of floats in all those methods when what you really want to be using is pixels (ints).

The TextRenderer class is meant for this purpose and works with the true sizes. See this link from msdn for a walkthrough of using this.