Can I calculate the size of a PostScript text?

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From: Gerben Wierda
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 11:09

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For a treedrawing program I want to write, I want to draw a box depending on
the size of the text in that box. Is there a way (like in TeX) to get the size
of some piece of text in PostScript?

Thanks in advance,


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Subject: Can I calculate the size of a PostScript text?
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Date: 14 Oct 92 11:09:15 GMT
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