Re: Obtaining the dimensions of a glyph (or a stencil) within c++

[Marc Hohl]

Patrick McCarty schrieb:
> Hi Marc,
>
> On 2010-02-15, Marc Hohl wrote:
>   
> > I have
> >
> > Stencil segno = Font_interface::get_default_font (me)->find_by_name
> > ("scripts.varsegno");
> >
> > How can I get the width of the glyph? Or alternatively, can I get
> > the width of the stencil defined as above?
> >     
>
> Untested, but something like this should work:
>
>   Stencil segno =
>     Font_interface::get_default_font (me)->find_by_name ("scripts.varsegno");
>   Real width = segno.extent (X_AXIS).length ();
>   
Yes, it works, thank you!

Marc
> -Patrick
>
>