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PS_STRINGWIDTH3(3)					     Library Functions Manual						PS_STRINGWIDTH3(3)

NAME
       PS_string_geometry -- Gets geometry of a string

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pslib.h>

       float PS_string_geometry(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *text, int len, int fontid, float size, float *dimension)

DESCRIPTION
       This function is identical to PS_stringwidth2(3) 	   but has an extra parameter dimension which, if not NULL, will be used to return
       further dimensions of the string.

       dimension[0] contains the width as returned by the function.  dimension[1] contains the maximum	descender  and	dimension[2]  the  maximum
       ascender of the string.

RETURN VALUE
       Width of a string in points.

SEE ALSO
       PS_stringwidth(3), PS_stringwidth2(3)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.

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