[comp.sys.mac.programmer] MeasureText

engber@gumball.ils.nwu.edu (Mike Engber) (04/01/91)

The description of MeasureText says it`s not suitable
for measuring text to be printing because it doesn`t
go through StdText (IM IV p. 25)

1) So what should I use? It says that MeasureText
is equivalent to calling TextWidth repeatedly &
all the text & char measuring functions seem to
be defined in terms of eachother - so does this
mean none of them is ok.

2) Up till now, I`ve be using TextEdit to image
my text, but TE erases behing the text (even
in srcOr mode - I guess is does an EraseRect)
Anyway, does TE use MeasureText?

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-ME