FontOperationTextImageBounds

Type

operator

Summary

Measure text precisely when drawn with a font.

Syntax

the image bounds of text <mText> with <mFont>

Description

The exact bounds of the text, which will fully enclose each character.

note

This can be more time-consuming to compute than the layout bounds.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
mText		An expression which evaluates to a string.
mFont		An expression which evaluates to a font.

Examples

// Set up tFont as size 18 Arial
variable tFont as Font
put font "Arial" at size 18 into tFont

// Measure text with tFont
variable tBounds as Rectangle
put the image bounds of text "Sample text" with tFont into tBounds