Measure String

Hi, Can we have a function that returns the size in pixels of a string, rendered using a given font. The width and height should be returned in a vector...

VECTOR* str_pixels(STRING* string, FONT* font).

Of course, if there are any current methods people know, then if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Thanks, David.

str_width (STRING*, FONT*);

check manual, i am not sure about the height tho.

Ahh thanks, missed that somehow. It's strange there isnt a 'str_height'.

hey, font.dy stores the height of the font
unfortunately str_width doesn't seem to be too accurate, and has even more problems when using bold and italic

Very nice info, thx! Didn't find the .dy property in the manual anywhere...

Does anyone know how I could measure the height/width of the text produced by a 'digits' definition?

You could simulate the digits text with a str_printf call, and then use str_width the get the pixel-precise width of that text.

If you find a nifty solution, would you be willing to share the snippet?

The 'str_printf'/'str_width' method that jcl said should work. I'm currently doing this through C#, rather than lite-c, so i'm using a workaround and it works fine.

str_printf returns a string ? and divide by str_width? :s or you mean "OR" ?