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(Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:_FONTWIDTH}} The _FONTWIDTH function returns the font width of a MONOSPACE font handle created by _LOADFONT. {{PageSyntax}} :{{Parameter|pixelWidth%}} = _FONTWIDTH[({{Parameter|fontHandle&}})] * Returns the character width of the last font used if a handle is not specified. * '''Variable width fonts always return {{Parameter|pixelWidth%}} = 0.''' Even fixed width fonts return 0 unless the "MONOSPACE" style option is used. * QB6...") |
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* QB64 '''version 1.000 and up''' can load a variable width font as monospaced with the [[LOADFONT|"MONOSPACE"]] style parameter. | * QB64 '''version 1.000 and up''' can load a variable width font as monospaced with the [[LOADFONT|"MONOSPACE"]] style parameter. | ||
* The font width is generally 3/4 of the [[_FONTHEIGHT]] specified when loading the font. | * The font width is generally 3/4 of the [[_FONTHEIGHT]] specified when loading the font. | ||
* In '''graphics''' [[SCREEN | * In '''graphics''' [[SCREEN|screen]] modes, [[_PRINTWIDTH]] can return the total '''pixel width''' of a literal or variable [[STRING|string]] of text. | ||
{{PageSeeAlso}} | {{PageSeeAlso}} | ||
* [https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1145 Featured in our "Keyword of the Day" series] | |||
*[[_FONTHEIGHT]] | *[[_FONTHEIGHT]] | ||
*[[_FONT]] | *[[_FONT]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:56, 24 May 2024
The _FONTWIDTH function returns the font width of a MONOSPACE font handle created by _LOADFONT.
Syntax
- pixelWidth% = _FONTWIDTH[(fontHandle&)]
- Returns the character width of the last font used if a handle is not specified.
- Variable width fonts always return pixelWidth% = 0. Even fixed width fonts return 0 unless the "MONOSPACE" style option is used.
- QB64 version 1.000 and up can load a variable width font as monospaced with the "MONOSPACE" style parameter.
- The font width is generally 3/4 of the _FONTHEIGHT specified when loading the font.
- In graphics screen modes, _PRINTWIDTH can return the total pixel width of a literal or variable string of text.
See also