Hi, I'm looking for a way to obtain the width of a string, either in actual inches/centimeters, or pixels will also work. Unfortunately this seems difficult as I'd like to keep things as close to the stock Python install as possible, and I'm not working with Graphics or X at all. Here are the options I've found, and why they're less than optimal for my use:
PIL = Huge for only using one function. I'm not working with any graphics. PyFT = Everyone uses FreeType2 now, and PyFT seems dead anyhow. PyFT2 = Does not exist. tkinter.text() = Works with X, creates windows no matter what you do. t1lib = Separate package, no TTF support. t1python = Same thing as t1lib? Ultimately, I'm looking to take a stream of text, and break it up into lines based on page width... and I need to know how wide (and ultimately how tall, for page breaks) the individual glyphs are so I can break properly. If there's an easier way to do this than calculating individual glyph width, I'm open to that too. I was really just looking to see if there was anything out there that wasn't too large or too obscure/dated. Maybe there's something lower level that could be done to achieve this? Is there metadata in the font that holds this information that could be extracted? Thanks in advance, -Charlie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
