Calculating the size of a piece of text in a given font¶

TextSize()

Calculating the size of a piece of text in a given font

SYNTAX

TextSize(window_id, text, font, width, height)

Calculates the width and height, in the units expressed by sys.Unit, of the given text with the given font.

window_id	The identifier of the window in which the text would be placed, or NULL if it is to be printed.
text	The text whose size is to be calculated. Can be a field, expression or quoted string.
font	The font parameter requires the same syntax as a window or control font clause (see Fonts for details). Unless a valid font specification is provided, the default specified in Section 1.4 (Default font) of the terminal parameter file is used. The standard terminal parameter file for all versions of Windows is $SCULPTOR/term/mswin.s. If no default font is defined, then Courier New@10 (Courier New, 10 point) is used as the default. The font parameter can be supplied as a field, expression or quoted string.
width height	The function returns in these fields the actual width and height of the rectangle containing the text. The values returned are in the unit defined by sys.Unit. This defaults to device units, but may be set to centimetres or inches.

Note

Any program using this function must include the file <draw.h>.

RELATED TOPICS

Drawing operations