get-string-extent Function

Summary

Returns the extent in pixels of a string.

Package

graphics-ports

Signature

get-string-extent port string &optional font => left, top, right, bottom

Arguments

port⇩	A CAPI pane.
string⇩	A string.
font⇩	A font.

Values

left	An integer.
top	An integer.
right	An integer.
bottom	An integer.

Description

The function get-string-extent returns the extent in pixels of string in font.

font defaults to the font associated with port.

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