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XTextExtents(3X11)		     X11R5		    XTextExtents(3X11)

NAME
       XTextExtents, XTextExtents16, XQueryTextExtents, XQueryTextExtents16 -
       compute or query text extents

SYNTAX
       XTextExtents(font_struct, string, nchars, direction_return,
       font_ascent_return,
		     font_descent_return, overall_return)
	     XFontStruct *font_struct;
	     char *string;
	     int nchars;
	     int *direction_return;
	     int *font_ascent_return, *font_descent_return;
	     XCharStruct *overall_return;

       XTextExtents16(font_struct, string, nchars, direction_return,
       font_ascent_return,
		       font_descent_return, overall_return)
	     XFontStruct *font_struct;
	     XChar2b *string;
	     int nchars;
	     int *direction_return;
	     int *font_ascent_return, *font_descent_return;
	     XCharStruct *overall_return;

       XQueryTextExtents(display, font_ID, string, nchars, direction_return,
       font_ascent_return,
			   font_descent_return, overall_return)
	     Display *display;
	     XID font_ID;
	     char *string;
	     int nchars;
	     int *direction_return;
	     int *font_ascent_return, *font_descent_return;
	     XCharStruct *overall_return;

       XQueryTextExtents16(display, font_ID, string, nchars, direction_return,
       font_ascent_return,
			       font_descent_return, overall_return)
	     Display *display;
	     XID font_ID;
	     XChar2b *string;
	     int nchars;
	     int *direction_return;
	     int *font_ascent_return, *font_descent_return;
	     XCharStruct *overall_return;

ARGUMENTS
       direction_return
		 Returns the value of the direction hint or

       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       font_ID	 Specifies either the font ID or the ID that contains the
		 font.

       font_ascent_return
		 Returns the font ascent.

       font_descent_return
		 Returns the font descent.

       font_struct
		 Specifies the structure.

       nchars	 Specifies the number of characters in the character string.

       string	 Specifies the character string.

       overall_return
		 Returns the overall size in the specified structure.

DESCRIPTION
       The and functions perform the size computation locally and, thereby,
       avoid the round-trip overhead of and Both functions return an struc‐
       ture, whose members are set to the values as follows.

       The ascent member is set to the maximum of the ascent metrics of all
       characters in the string.  The descent member is set to the maximum of
       the descent metrics.  The width member is set to the sum of the charac‐
       ter-width metrics of all characters in the string.  For each character
       in the string, let W be the sum of the character-width metrics of all
       characters preceding it in the string.  Let L be the left-side-bearing
       metric of the character plus W.	Let R be the right-side-bearing metric
       of the character plus W.	 The lbearing member is set to the minimum L
       of all characters in the string.	 The rbearing member is set to the
       maximum R.

       For fonts defined with linear indexing rather than 2-byte matrix index‐
       ing, each structure is interpreted as a 16-bit number with byte1 as the
       most-significant byte.  If the font has no defined default character,
       undefined characters in the string are taken to have all zero metrics.

       The and functions return the bounding box of the specified 8-bit and
       16-bit character string in the specified font or the font contained in
       the specified GC.  These functions query the X server and, therefore,
       suffer the round-trip overhead that is avoided by and Both functions
       return a structure, whose members are set to the values as follows.

       The ascent member is set to the maximum of the ascent metrics of all
       characters in the string.  The descent member is set to the maximum of
       the descent metrics.  The width member is set to the sum of the charac‐
       ter-width metrics of all characters in the string.  For each character
       in the string, let W be the sum of the character-width metrics of all
       characters preceding it in the string.  Let L be the left-side-bearing
       metric of the character plus W.	Let R be the right-side-bearing metric
       of the character plus W.	 The lbearing member is set to the minimum L
       of all characters in the string.	 The rbearing member is set to the
       maximum R.

       For fonts defined with linear indexing rather than 2-byte matrix index‐
       ing, each structure is interpreted as a 16-bit number with byte1 as the
       most-significant byte.  If the font has no defined default character,
       undefined characters in the string are taken to have all zero metrics.

       Characters with all zero metrics are ignored.  If the font has no
       defined default_char, the undefined characters in the string are also
       ignored.

       and can generate and errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
       A value for a Font or GContext argument does not name a defined Font.

       A value for a GContext argument does not name a defined GContext.

SEE ALSO
       XLoadFont(3X11), XTextWidth(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface

							    XTextExtents(3X11)
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