oh my god... how to calculate text length?

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MrCredo
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How can i calculate text length in __pixel__? I use Arial-font. I can't see how to do this??? Each char have different image width...

(copy arial.ttf to your prog directory)



Graphics 640,480,0

Local font:TImageFont=LoadImageFont("Arial.ttf",13)
If Not font End

SetImageFont font
SetBlend ALPHABLEND

SetClsColor 255,255,255
Cls

SetColor 0,0,0
DrawText "1234567890",10,10

gettextwidth("123",font)

Flip
WaitKey

Function gettextwidth(text$,font:TImageFont)
For i=0 To text.length-1
Local c=text[i]
Local glyph:TImageGlyph=font._glyphs[c]
Local image:TImage=glyph._image

Print glyph._x+","+glyph._y+","+glyph._w+","+glyph._h+","+glyph._advance '??????? or what
Next
EndFunction