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XTextWidth(3)							  XLIB FUNCTIONS						     XTextWidth(3)

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(3), XTextExtents(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11							   libX11 1.5.0 						     XTextWidth(3)