Function

Summary

Returns the width of a string drawn to a given port in pixels.

Package

graphics-ports

Signature

port-string-width port string => width

Arguments

port

A graphics port.

string

A string.

Values

width

An integer.

Description

The port-string-width function returns the width in pixels of string when drawn to port . The font used is the one currently in the port's graphics state.

Note: To compute the horizontal extents of each successive character in a string for a given port or font, use compute-char-extents.

See also

compute-char-extents