PS_STRINGWIDTH(3)

✨ PS_STRINGWIDTH(3) ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair because we're diving into the Library Functions Manual and today's main character is PS_stringwidth 💅 she's from the pslib girlies and she's here to tell you exactly how wide your text is gonna be. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

PS_stringwidth — Get width of a string 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <pslib.h>

float PS_stringwidth(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *text, int fontid, float size)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically, this function calculates the width of a string in points — as in, the width it would have if you actually output it using the given font and font size. like, hypothetically. she's doing the math so you don't have to 🧮✨

here's the tea tho: to calculate the precise width, this function needs an Adobe font metrics file. no metrics file, no precision. iykyk 📄

and if kerning is turned on? bestie, she's gonna take that into account too. she sees everything 👀💅

🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

Width of a string in points. that's it, that's the whole vibe. slay 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• PS_stringwidth2(3)
• PS_string_geometry(3)

go read those too, they're iconic fr fr 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx. giving credit where credit is due, periodt 💜

and that's a wrap on PS_STRINGWIDTH(3) from the Library Functions Manual 🎀 thanks for coming to my ted talk, bestie — go measure some strings, you've got this 💖✨🌸