surface.GetTextSize
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| Function | |
| Syntax |
surface.GetTextSize( String Text ) Where is this used? |
| Description: | |
| Gets the height and width of a string of text. Only works if the font is already set. | |
| Returns: | Integer Width, Integer Height |
| Part of Library: | Surface |
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| BBCode Link: | [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Surface.GetTextSize]Surface.GetTextSize [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b] |
Examples
| Description | Checks the Length of a player name using a Medium Size font. If its too long it switches to a smaller Font. |
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| Code | surface.CreateFont( "Arial", 21, 500, true, false, "MedFont" ) surface.CreateFont( "Arial", 18, 500, true, false, "SmallFont" ) surface.SetFont("MedFont") local PlayerName = LocalPlayer():GetName() Width, Height = surface.GetTextSize(PlayerName) if Width < 165 then draw.DrawText( PlayerName, "MedFont", 100, ScrH()-35, Color(255, 255, 255, 255), 1) else draw.DrawText( PlayerName, "SmallFont", 100, ScrH()-35, Color(255, 255, 255, 255), 1) end |
| Output | If the PlayerName using MedFont is wider than 165pixels, use smaller font. |
Additional Notes
- This function seems to return the width of ampersands (&) as 0. The best way to prevent this is to replace all of the ampersands in the string with a character of similar width. You should use string.gsub for this.
