xfree86 man page for xtextwidth

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

NAME
       XTextWidth, XTextWidth16 - compute text width

SYNTAX
       int XTextWidth(XFontStruct *font_struct, char *string, int count);

       int XTextWidth16(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

XFree86 							   Version 4.7.0						  XTextWidth(3X11)