Get text length for single line FreeText

[Michael]

I would like to create a single line FreeText.  To do this, I need to calculate the FreeText annotation's bounds, specified in user space coordinates, based on the length of the text.  Below is the idea of what I am trying to accomplish based on other messages in this forum.  I have noticed that the height seems a little too small.  For the width, it seems too small for a 1 character string, and as the string size grows the width grows by more than double the correct size (and might even be non-linear).

            Rect bbox = new Rect(0, 0, 0, 0);

            using (ElementBuilder builder = new ElementBuilder())
            {
                Font font = Font.Create(_parent, Font.StandardType1Font.e_helvetica);
                builder.CreateTextBegin(font, 30.0);
                Element element = builder.CreateUnicodeTextRun(contents);
                element.GetBBox(bbox);
            }

            double x = Math.Abs(bbox.x2 - bbox.x1);
            double y = Math.Abs(bbox.y2 - bbox.y1);

I use the x, y values as an offset from the start point.  Any help would be appreciated!

-- Michael

[Ryan]

You did everything correct, the problem is the usage of CreateUnicodeTextRun. The way you are using it results in a space between each character and therefore doubling the width. Just call CreateTextRun. We are looking to maybe deprecate CreateUnicodeTextRun as it is for some very particular cases.