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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: width of font characters
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Date: 29 Mar 89 22:01:22 GMT
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In article <1569@wpi.wpi.edu> pawn@wpi.wpi.edu (Kevin Goroway) writes:
>Is there any way to get the actual width of a single character of a particular
>font given that the font is loaded correctly.

	wid = TextLength(rp, "<your char>", 1);

TextLength returns the width in pixels of any arbitrary string in the
RastPort's current font. Use a one character string and a length of one.


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