PS_string_geometry (3)

Ps_string_geometry gets geometry of a string

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  4. PS_string_geometry: Ps_string_geometry gets geometry of a string

SYNOPSIS

#include <pslib.h>

float PS_string_geometry(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *text, int len, int fontid, float size, float *dimension)

DESCRIPTION

This function is identical to PS_stringwidth2(3) but has an extra parameter dimension which, if not NULL, will be used to return further dimensions of the string.

dimension[0] contains the width as returned by the function. dimension[1] contains the maximum descender and dimension[2] the maximum ascender of the string.

RETURN VALUE

Width of a string in points.

RELATED TO PS_string_geometry…

PS_stringwidth(3), PS_stringwidth2(3)

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann [email protected].