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Paint.Descent Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Android.Graphics
Assembly:
Mono.Android.dll

Return the distance below (positive) the baseline (descent) based on the current typeface and text size.

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

Returns

Single

the distance below (positive) the baseline (descent) based on the current typeface and text size.

Attributes
RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Return the distance below (positive) the baseline (descent) based on the current typeface and text size.

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

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

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Applies to