Graphics DrawString word wrap

Question

I have such model of image https://i.stack.imgur.com/ulLTS.jpg

I need to print text in the yellow box.

The problem is how to enable word wrap in graphics DrawString? My code:

    using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(pictureBox1.Image))
    {
        Font drawFont = new Font("Arial", 16);
        SolidBrush drawBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
        g.DrawString("test text; test text;test text;test text", drawFont, drawBrush, new Point(240, 250));
    }
    pictureBox1.Image.Save("Image.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);

text that I print overflows

I'm pretty sure there is a `DrawString` overload that takes a `Rectangle` this will wrap text to that boundary — sa_ddam213, Jun 14 '14 at 10:54
Helps if you think it through for a bit, it of course cannot wrap anything if you don't tell it how wide the text is allowed to be. Only use Graphics.DrawString() on high resolution devices/images, you typically should be using TextRenderer.DrawText() and TextFormatFlags.WordBreak. — Hans Passant, Jun 14 '14 at 11:32
[Similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/9507842/1997232) asked earlier (to link them, not sure if it's worth to mark as duplicate or merge). — Sinatr, Aug 17 '17 at 13:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '14 at 10:55

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The DrawString method has an overload where you can pass in the bounding box the text has to fit in.

Your code should look something like this:

       g.DrawString("test text; test text;test text;test text", drawFont, drawBrush, new RectangleF(240f, 250f, endPointX, endPointY));

answered Jun 14 '14 at 10:55

Patrick Hofman

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It will cut the text which exiting the point,but not wrapping the text into next line – Sheriff Oct 12 '19 at 18:40

Graphics DrawString word wrap

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