FontOperationTextImageBounds

Typeoperator
DictionaryLCB
LibraryLiveCode Builder
Syntax
the image bounds of text <mText> with <mFont>
Associationscom.livecode.canvas
Summary

Measure text precisely when drawn with a font.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
mText

An expression which evaluates to a string.

mFont

An expression which evaluates to a font.

Example
// 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
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

The bounding box of mText when drawn at point 0,0 with font mFont. Returns the bounds as a rectangle.

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.

Tagscanvas