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Name

CRC.measureText() — computes the width of the specified text

Synopsis

TextMetrics measureText(String text)

Arguments

text: The string of text to be measured

Returns

A TextMetrics object whose width property specifies the width that text would occupy if it were drawn with the current font.

Description

measureText() measures the specified text and returns a TextMetrics object containing the results of the measurement. At the time of this writing, the returned object has only a single width property, and the text height and bounding box are not measured.

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Canvas Pocket Reference by David Flanagan