A C# class for quickly exporting the dimentions of all characters of a specific font to a c++ header file. Prevents c++ project to have a dependency on FreeType.

FontSizeExport.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
  class FontSizeExport
  {
    private System.Windows.Forms.Form MyForm;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label MyLabel;

    public FontSizeExport()
    {
      MyForm = new System.Windows.Forms.Form();
      MyLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();

      MyForm.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // MyLabel
      // 
      MyLabel.Anchor = System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.None;
      MyLabel.AutoSize = true;
      MyLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
      MyLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 94);
      MyLabel.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(0, 0, 0, 0);
      MyLabel.Name = "MyLabel";
      MyLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(74, 18);
      MyLabel.TabIndex = 0;
      MyLabel.Text = "AAAAAA";
      // 
      // MyForm
      // 
      MyForm.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
      MyForm.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
      MyForm.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 262);
      MyForm.Controls.Add(MyLabel);
      MyForm.Name = "MyForm";
      MyForm.Text = "MyForm";
      MyForm.ResumeLayout(false);
      MyForm.PerformLayout();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Quick and dirty function to get the width of a character at a specific font size
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="c"></param>
    /// <param name="FontSize"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private int GetCharacterWidth(char c, float FontSize)
    {
      this.MyLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", FontSize, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Pixel, ((byte)(0)));
      this.MyLabel.Text = c.ToString();
      int BaseWidth = this.MyLabel.Size.Width;
      MyLabel.Text += c.ToString();
      int CharWidth = this.MyLabel.Size.Width - BaseWidth;
      return CharWidth;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Quick and dirty function to get the maximum height of all characters at a specific font size
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="FontSize"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private int GetCharacterHeight(float FontSize)
    {
      this.MyLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", FontSize, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Pixel, ((byte)(0)));
      this.MyLabel.Text = "0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz !?[]";
      int CharHeight = this.MyLabel.Size.Height;
      return CharHeight;
    }

    public void GenerateVerdanaCppHeader(string FilePath)
    {
      StringBuilder code = new StringBuilder();
      const int VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES = 100;
      const int VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS = 128;

      //add header
      code.Append(String.Format(
        "#ifndef VERDANA_H\n" +
        "#define VERDANA_H\n" +
        "\n" +
        "const int VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES = {0};\n" +
        "const int VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS = {1};\n" +
        "const int VERDANA_CHAR_WIDTH[VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES][VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS] = {{\n", VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES, VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS));

      for (int FontSize = 1; FontSize < VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES; FontSize++)
      {
        code.Append(String.Format("  /*Font size {0}: */ {{", FontSize));

        //insert the array values
        for (int i = 0; i < VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS; i++)
        {
          char c = (char)i;
          int CharWidth = GetCharacterWidth(c, FontSize);
          code.Append(CharWidth.ToString());
          if (i != (VERDANA_NUM_CHARACTERS - 1))
            code.Append(", ");
        }
        code.Append("},\n");
      }

      //end array
      code.Append("};\n");

      //character height
      code.Append(String.Format("const int VERDANA_CHAR_HEIGHT[VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES] = {{", VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES));
      for (int FontSize = 1; FontSize < VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES; FontSize++)
      {
        int CharHeight = GetCharacterHeight(FontSize);
        code.Append(CharHeight.ToString());
        if (FontSize != (VERDANA_NUM_FONT_SIZES - 1))
          code.Append(", ");
      }

      //end array
      code.Append("};\n");

      //add footer
      code.Append("\n" +
        "#endif //VERDANA_H\n");

      File.WriteAllText(FilePath, code.ToString());
    }

  }
}