Font.getStringWidth

From Spheriki

Get the pixel width of a string if it were drawn with Font.drawText().

Usage

• font Sphere Font object. The font to gauge the string width with.
• text String. The text to measure the pixel width of.
• number is returned, which is the the number of pixels wide the string would be if drawn with the font.

Examples

This will write a simple string that is centered on the screen.

function game()
{
  var message = "Hi everybody! Press a key to end.";
  var font = GetSystemFont();
  var height = font.getHeight();
  var width = font.getStringWidth(message);
  var x = GetScreenWidth() - Math.floor(width / 2);
  var y = GetScreenHeight() - Math.floor(height / 2);
  
  while (AreKeysLeft())
    GetKey();
  
  while (!AreKeysLeft())
  {
    font.drawText(x, y, message);
    FlipScreen();
  }
}

See also

• Sphere Font object

• Font.drawText()
• Font.getHeight()
• Font.getStringHeight()

• AreKeysLeft()
• FlipScreen()
• GetKey()
• GetScreenHeight()
• GetScreenWidth()
• GetSystemFont()