Dynamically detect text-size?

[The Plankmeister]

Hi...

Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
string, taking into account the font being used?
For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10 pixels
high:

this is some text


Plankmeister.

[Evertjan.]

Re: Dynamically detect text-size?

The Plankmeister wrote on 19 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:[color=blue]
> Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
> string, taking into account the font being used?
> For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10
> pixels high:[/color]

7th of August in this NG:

<http://tinyurl.com/kgi0>

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Evertjan.
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[The Plankmeister]

Re: Dynamically detect text-size?

Fantastic!! Thanks :)



"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoo rt@interxnl.net > wrote in message
news:Xns93DC76E BC9AFFeejj99@19 4.109.133.29...[color=blue]
> The Plankmeister wrote on 19 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:[color=green]
> > Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
> > string, taking into account the font being used?
> > For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10
> > pixels high:[/color]
>
> 7th of August in this NG:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/kgi0>
>
> --
> Evertjan.
> The Netherlands.
> (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)[/color]