X11R6

NAME

XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 − compute text width

SYNOPSIS

int XTextWidth(font_struct, string, count)
        XFontStruct ∗font_struct;
        char ∗string;
        int count; int XTextWidth16(font_struct, string, count)
        XFontStruct ∗font_struct;
        XChar2b ∗string;
        int count;

ARGUMENTS

count
Specifies the character count in the specified string.

font_struct
Specifies the font used for the width computation.

string
Specifies the character string.

DESCRIPTION

The XTextWidth and XTextWidth16 functions return the width of the specified 8-bit or 2-byte character strings. 

SEE ALSO

XLoadFont(3X11), XTextExtents(3X11)

Xlib −− C Language X Interface