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NAME

       PS_string_geometry — Gets geometry of a string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pslib.h>

       float  PS_string_geometry(PSDoc  *psdoc, const char *text, int len, int
       fontid, float size, float *dimension)

DESCRIPTION

       This function is identical to PS_stringwidth2(3)            but has  an
       extra  parameter  dimension  which, if not NULL, will be used to return
       further dimensions of the string.

       dimension[0]  contains  the  width  as  returned   by   the   function.
       dimension[1]  contains  the  maximum  descender  and  dimension[2]  the
       maximum ascender of the string.

RETURN VALUE

       Width of a string in points.

SEE ALSO

       PS_stringwidth(3), PS_stringwidth2(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.

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