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In article <Jun.27.08.32.21.1991.16139@paul.rutgers.edu>, emuleomo@paul.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) writes:

> I need to find out the Width and Height of a "typical" character (in
> PIXELS) in the font for each form.

First, define what you mean by `a "typical" character'!

More seriously, I think you're probably trying to solve the wrong
problem here.  Regardless of the width of a typical character (whatever
that means), someday you'll have to display something unusually wide or
unusually narrow, so you have to be prepared for both extremes anyway.
(And note that `unusually narrow' can be rather extreme; consider a
font that contains both Arabic and Latin characters, for example.)

That said, if you still believe you want such a thing, try to define
precisely what it is you want, and then perhaps a solution will be
easier to find.

					der Mouse

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