Re: Pixel Length of text message

On Tuesday 30 April 2002 00:17, District Webmaster wrote: > In html/css you can set a font size in pixels -- in my experience this > means a letter takes the same number of pixels, regardless of > resolution. That may (or may not) be true, but that's referring to the height of the font. > With php, can I use string length and font pixel size to > determine the length of a given string on a screen? Does anyone know an > algorithm for this that works for any/every font? Here I would assume you're referring to the width of the text. Thus what you want to do is not possible. You can use a fixed-width font and hope for the best. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* If the very old will remember, the very young will listen. -- Chief Dan George */