UFONTHEIGHT

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

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  none

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  v3.7.0

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  yes

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  yes

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  yes

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

See also

• Featured in our "Keyword of the Day" series
• _UPRINTWIDTH, _ULINESPACING, _UPRINTSTRING, _UCHARPOS
• _FONTWIDTH, _FONTHEIGHT, _FONT
• _PRINTWIDTH, _PRINTSTRING
• SCREEN, _LOADFONT
• Text Using Graphics

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