gre.get_string_size(
font,
font_size,
string,
width,
data
)
Calculate the area in pixels which the given string will occupy on the screen.
This call can only be made from the main Lua action execution thread.
Parameters: font The name of the font to render in font_size The size of the font to render in string The string to render width A clipping width (in pixels) for the string, used to calculate how many characters fit data A table containing additional options. Valid options are: ["length"] - number of characters to process ["spacing"] - letter spacing parameter ["wrapping"] - boolean to activate wrapping logic Returns: A table with the following: "width" width of the widest line in the body of text "height" total height of the wrapped text in pixels "n_lines" number of lines the text fills when wrapped A snippet of it in use: local t = gre.get_string_size('fonts/Roboto-ThinItalic.ttf', 72, 'How long is this string?', 600, {["wrapping"] = true} )