How do I draw double height text using Graphics.DrawString?

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I am trying to emulate a POS printer with System.Drawing and one of the functions I need is to draw text at double height. Any idea how I can do this using .Net's Graphics class?

Do I need to draw the text twice as large and condense it or draw normal size and then stretch? Both seem like messy options but is there an alternative?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '09 at 10:17

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Use a ScaleTransform and only scale up the y.

answered Jan 14 '09 at 10:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '09 at 10:18

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Look at the transformation matrix on the Graphics object - you can control horizontal and vertical scaling independently.

answered Jan 14 '09 at 10:18

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How do I draw double height text using Graphics.DrawString?

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