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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.

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