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is there a LaTeX command \settoheight???

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From: Dimitrios FILIPPOU
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 20:35
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Could some gentle soul out there tell me how to set
a length (e.g., with something like the LaTeX 
command \settowidth) equal to the *height* (and 
not the width) of a certain character????

Thanks in advance!
Dimitrios the non-TeXpert :-)
e-mail: filippou@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca
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Subject: is there a LaTeX command \settoheight???
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