This is a very simple alternative to shape_string() that simply calculates
the width of strings without taking any newline into account. As such it is
suitable to calculate the width of words or lines that has already been
splitted by \n. Input is recycled to the length of strings.
Usage
string_width(
strings,
family = "",
italic = FALSE,
bold = FALSE,
size = 12,
res = 72,
include_bearing = TRUE,
path = NULL,
index = 0
)Arguments
- strings
A character vector of strings
- family
The name of the font families to match
- italic
logical indicating the font slant
- bold
logical indicating whether the font weight
- size
The pointsize of the font to use for size related measures
- res
The ppi of the size related mesures
- include_bearing
Logical, should left and right bearing be included in the string width?
- path, index
path an index of a font file to circumvent lookup based on family and style
Value
A numeric vector giving the width of the strings in pixels. Use the
provided res value to convert it into absolute values.
Examples
strings <- c('A short string', 'A very very looong string')
string_width(strings)
#> [1] 82 151