m_str_extents: Compute string extents for a vector of strings.

In gdtools: Font Metrics and Font Management Utilities for R Graphics

Compute string extents for a vector of strings.

Description

For each x element, determines the width and height of a bounding box that's big enough to (just) enclose the provided text. Unit is points.

Usage

m_str_extents(
  x,
  fontname = "sans",
  fontsize = 10,
  bold = FALSE,
  italic = FALSE,
  fontfile = NULL
)

Arguments

x	Character vector of strings to measure
fontname	Font name. A character vector, recycled to match x.
fontsize	Font size. A numeric vector, recycled to match x.
bold, italic	Is text bold/italic? A logical vector, recycled to match x.
fontfile	Font file. A character vector, recycled to match x.

Note

This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use strings_sizes() instead, which returns the width, the ascent and the descent in inches (the height is the sum of the ascent and the descent).

See Also

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

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