_UFONTHEIGHT

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The _UFONTHEIGHT function returns the global glyph height (incl. ascender/descender) of a font loaded by _LOADFONT.


Syntax

pixelHeight& = _UFONTHEIGHT[(fontHandle&)]


Parameters

  • fontHandle& is an optional font handle.


Description

  • Returns the height of the last font used if a handle is not designated.
  • If no font is set, it returns the current screen mode's text block height.
  • This is different from _FONTHEIGHT as it may return larger values when using scalable fonts.


Availability


Examples

Example
Show the difference of _UFONTHEIGHT vs. _FONTHEIGHT.
DIM fh AS LONG: fh = _LOADFONT("LHANDW.TTF", 23)

PRINT "_FONTHEIGHT ="; _FONTHEIGHT(fh)
PRINT "_UFONTHEIGHT ="; _UFONTHEIGHT(fh)
_FONTHEIGHT = 23
_UFONTHEIGHT = 32


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