| % File src/library/grid/man/stringWidth.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2011 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{stringWidth} |
| \alias{stringWidth} |
| \alias{stringHeight} |
| \alias{stringAscent} |
| \alias{stringDescent} |
| \title{Create a Unit Describing the Width and Height of a String or Math |
| Expression} |
| \description{ |
| These functions create a unit object describing the width or height of |
| a string. |
| } |
| \usage{ |
| stringWidth(string) |
| stringHeight(string) |
| stringAscent(string) |
| stringDescent(string) |
| } |
| \arguments{ |
| \item{string}{A character vector or a language object (as used for |
| \sQuote{\link{plotmath}} calls).} |
| } |
| \value{ |
| A \code{\link{unit}} object. |
| } |
| \author{Paul Murrell} |
| \seealso{ |
| \code{\link{unit}} and |
| \code{\link{grobWidth}} |
| |
| \code{strwidth} in the \pkg{graphics} package for more details of the |
| typographic concepts behind the computations. |
| } |
| \keyword{dplot} |