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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: What's the size in pixels of a QString with a given QFont?
From:       Steffen Hansen <stefh () mip ! sdu ! dk>
Date:       1999-07-29 8:57:27
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Arvid Nilsson wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> How can I find out the size in pixels (width, height) of a QString painted
> using a given QFont? Currently I put the QString in a QLabel and get its
> sizeHint().

Now that's an alternative way ;-)

The right way is to construct a QFontMetrics object with the font you want
to use:

QFontMetrics fm( someFont);
int w = fm.width( "Blabla");
int h = fm.height();

greetings,
-- 
Steffen Hansen                            
email: stefh@mip.sdu.dk, stefh@imada.sdu.dk, hansen@kde.org 
URL:   http://www.mip.sdu.dk/~stefh       

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