size of text drawn with CGContextShowTextAtPoint

john903 · Aug 24, 2008, 03:34 PM

I doing text drawing with CGContextShowTextAtPoint. How do I get the width and height in pixels of the drawn text?

kainjow · Aug 26, 2008, 12:41 AM

If you're using Cocoa you can use NSAttributedString to get the size. I'm not sure of a pure C-based way of doing it though (maybe somehow with CFMutableString).

Aug 24, 2008, 03:34 PM	#1
john903 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2008	size of text drawn with CGContextShowTextAtPoint I doing text drawing with CGContextShowTextAtPoint. How do I get the width and height in pixels of the drawn text?
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Aug 26, 2008, 12:41 AM	#2
kainjow Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jun 2000	If you're using Cocoa you can use NSAttributedString to get the size. I'm not sure of a pure C-based way of doing it though (maybe somehow with CFMutableString).
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