str_extents: Compute string extents.

In gdtools: Utilities for Graphical Rendering and Fonts Management

Compute string extents.

Description

Determines the width and height of a bounding box that's big enough to (just) enclose the provided text.

Usage

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

Arguments

x	Character vector of strings to measure
fontname	Font name
fontsize	Font size
bold, italic	Is text bold/italic?
fontfile	Font file

Examples

str_extents(letters)
str_extents("Hello World!", bold = TRUE, italic = FALSE,
  fontname = "sans", fontsize = 12)

gdtools documentation built on Oct. 15, 2023, 5:07 p.m.