TextAttribs

Description:              This function returns graphic-related information about a text, given a font.

Returns:                    Numeric

Usage:                       Script or Steady State

Format:                      TextAttribs(Text, Font, Option)

Parameters:             Text     { text }  { required }  { no default: }

                                                Any text expression.

                                    Font     { Font }  { required }  { no default: }

                                                Any font expression.

                                    Option     { numeric }  { required }  { no default: }

                                                Any numeric expression for the desired parameter:

Option

Parameter

0

Width of text in user coordinates

1

Height of text in user coordinates

 

Example:

width = TextAttribs("Testing" { Text to display },

                    Font("ARIAL", 0, 16, 0, 5, 0, 0) { Font }, 

                    0 { Width in user coordinates }); 

The value of width will be 61, which is the width of the given text string in the given font.

See Also:

GUIText | Output | Text | ZText