Re: [08/10] gdiplus: GdipMeasureString/GdipDrawString should add extra space around the text.

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

Vincent Povirk  wrote:
> > > Why can't this logic go in gdip_format_string?
> >
> > Because not all of its callers should be affected (GdipMeasureCharacterRanges
> > is one of them).
>
> How not? If the padding is there when drawing the whole string, it
> affects the positions of individual characters.

Many sources on the net suggest using GdipMeasureCharacterRanges to avoid
extra padding added by GdipMeasureString.