How to access font width info

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From: Ronnie Killough
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 1990 20:18

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We have Transcript 2.1 (I think that is the version).  Anyway, somewhere
there must be some font tables that contain the ?metrics? information
for the fonts...all I need is Times and Helvetica.  And, all I need is
the width, and maybe the left-side bearing.  Where are these tables,
and how do I access this information from a C program?

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Ronnie

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Subject: How to access font width info
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