FontOps.$wintextheight()

Function group	Execute on client	Platform(s)
FontOps	NO	All

Syntax

FontOps.$wintextheight(font-name|font-table-index,point-size[,font-style,extra-points])

Description

Returns the height in screen units of the specified window font.

You specify the font using either the font-name or font-table-index. When called with a font table index, $wintextheight() uses the window font system table of the current library which can contain up to 15 fonts numbered 1 to 15. You specify the point-size of the font, and you can include a font-style constant and a number of extra-points.

Example

Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextheight
(
'Courier'
,72)
 
Returns 
lHeight

# returns 100 under Windows

 
Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextheight
(
'Courier'
,72,,24)
 
Returns 
lHeight

# returns 132 under Windows

 
Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextheight
(2,36)
 
Returns 
lHeight

# returns 50 under Windows

# note that Courier font is at position 2 in #WIWFONTS