Paint.Ascent Method

Definition

Return the distance above (negative) the baseline (ascent) based on the current typeface and text size.

[Android.Runtime.Register("ascent", "()F", "GetAscentHandler")]
public virtual float Ascent ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("ascent", "()F", "GetAscentHandler")>]
abstract member Ascent : unit -> single
override this.Ascent : unit -> single

Returns

the distance above (negative) the baseline (ascent) based on the current typeface and text size.

Attributes

Remarks

Return the distance above (negative) the baseline (ascent) based on the current typeface and text size.

Note that this is the ascent of the main typeface, and actual text rendered may need a larger ascent because fallback fonts may get used in rendering the text.

Java documentation for android.graphics.Paint.ascent().

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Applies to