Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Path: utzoo!utgpu!barry
From: barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay)
Subject: How do I determine the size of a text string
Message-ID: <1991May22.183420.18290@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 18:34:20 GMT

I am using MSC 6.0a to do some graphics programming.  I would like to be able 
to produce strings of text that are centred, right-justified, etc.  If the
font is proportional, how do I determine the actual length of the text so that
I know where to put the beginning?

Barry