FONTMETRIC()

Purpose

Function to return font attribute information

Syntax

FONTMETRIC(<expN1> [,<expC1>,<expN2> [,<expC2>]])

See Also

AFONT(), GETFONT(), WFONT()

Description

The FONTMETRIC() function returns attribute information about the current or specified font.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
<expN1>	The attribute about which information is returned. Please see table below for attribute numbers and descriptions.
<expC1>	The <expC1> can be used to optionally specify a particular font name.
<expN2>	The <expN> is used to specify the font size for the font name in <expC1>.
<expC2>	The <expC2> can be used to optionally specify a font style code for the font name in <expC1> and font size in <expN2>.

Attributes

The FONTMETRIC() function is included for language compatibility only and the return values for each attribute are shown in the table below.

Code	Attribute	Return Value
1	Character height (pixels)	16
2	Character ascent (pixels)	13
3	Character descent (pixels)	3
4	Leading (pixels)	3
5	Extra leading (pixels)	0
6	Average character width (pixels)	7
7	Maximum character width (pixels)	14
8	Font weight	400
9	Italic	0
10	Underlined	0
11	Strikeout	0
12	First character	32
13	Last character	255
14	Default character	129
15	Word break character	32
16	Pitch and family	33
17	Character set	0
18	Overhang	0
19	Horizontal aspect	120
20	Vertical aspect	120

Font Styles

Code	Style
B	Bold
I	Italic
N	Normal
O	Outline
Q	Opaque
S	Shadow
-	Strikeout
T	Transparent
U	Underline

Example

? fontmetric(20,"Monospaced",12,"B")
       120

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