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

Notes

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