Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Getting the Characteristics of a Font
TheFontMetricsprocedure and theOutlineMetricsfunction both return font measurement information. TheFontMetricsprocedure returns the ascent and descent measurements, width of the largest glyph, and leading measurements for either a bitmapped or an outline font. TheOutlineMetricsfunction returns measurements for text to be written in an outline font.
Subtopics
- FontMetrics
- OutlineMetrics