gdtools (version 0.5.0)

str_metrics: Get font metrics for a string.

Description

Compute the width, ascent and descent of a single string in points using Cairo text measurement.

Usage

str_metrics(
  x,
  fontname = "sans",
  fontsize = 12,
  bold = FALSE,
  italic = FALSE,
  fontfile = ""
)

Value

A named numeric vector with elements width, ascent and descent (unit is points).

Arguments

x

Character vector of strings to measure (only the first element is used).

fontname

Font name.

fontsize

Font size in points.

bold, italic

Is text bold/italic?

fontfile

Path to a font file. If empty, the font is resolved by name via systemfonts.

See Also

Other functions for font metrics: m_str_extents(), strings_sizes()

Examples

str_metrics("Hello World!")