[comp.sys.next] NXFontMetrics widths field

hempling@quorum.com (David B. Hempling) (06/14/90)

I did the following:

    id fontObj;
    NXFontMetrics *metric;

    fontObj = [Font newFont:"Helvetica" size:12];
    metric = [fontObj readMetrics:NX_FONTWIDTHS|NX_FONTHEADER|NX_FONTMETRICS];

Then I examined the list of floats headed by metric->widths. All of them
are less or equal to 1. Documentation seems to run short on the Font
object and associated structures. The character widths obviously aren't 
expressed in points. Does anyone know how these width values translate
into points?

Thank you!
dave
hempling@quorum.com