Dynamically detect text-size?

[The Plankmeister]

Hi...

Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
string, taking into account the font being used?
For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10 pixels
high:

this is some text
Plankmeister.

[Evertjan.]

The Plankmeister wrote on 19 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
string, taking into account the font being used?
For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10
pixels high:

7th of August in this NG:

<http://tinyurl.com/kgi0>

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[The Plankmeister]

Fantastic!! Thanks :)

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The Plankmeister wrote on 19 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

Is there a way of calculating the pixel value of the width/height of a
string, taking into account the font being used?
For example, in Arial 14px, the following is 100 pixels wide and 10
pixels high:

7th of August in this NG:

<http://tinyurl.com/kgi0>

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)