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NAME

       PS_stringwidth2 — Gets width of a string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pslib.h>

       float  PS_stringwidth2(PSDoc  *psdoc,  const  char  *text, int len, int
       fontid, float size)

DESCRIPTION

       Calculates the width of a string in points if  it  was  output  in  the
       given  font and font size. The function will not consider more than len
       characters. This function needs an Adobe font metrics file to calculate
       the  precise  width.  If  kerning  is  turned on, it will be taken into
       account.

RETURN VALUE

       Width of a string in points.

SEE ALSO

       PS_stringwidth(3), PS_string_geometry(3)

AUTHOR

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