string_width: Calculate the width of a string, ignoring new-lines
Description
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
)
Value
A numeric vector giving the width of the strings in pixels. Use the
provided res value to convert it into absolute values.
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