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XTextWidth(3X11)						     MIT X11R4							  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 and functions return the width of the specified 8-bit or 2-byte character strings.

See Also
       XLoadFont(3X11), XTextExtents(3X11)
       X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys

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