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XTextWidth(3X11)						  XLIB FUNCTIONS						  XTextWidth(3X11)

NAME
       XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 - compute text width

SYNTAX
       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

X Version 11							    Release 6.6 						  XTextWidth(3X11)