Determining a Text's width in characters

DetermineTextWidth.cs

public static Vector2Int GetConsoleSize(Text text)
{
    text.font.RequestCharactersInTexture(" ", text.fontSize, text.fontStyle);
    text.font.GetCharacterInfo(' ', out CharacterInfo info, text.fontSize, text.fontStyle);

    var scaleFactor = text.canvas.scaleFactor;

    // Unity requires fonts to be pixel perfect whether the "pixel perfect"
    // tick is ticked or not in the root canvas
    float fontWidth = Mathf.Round(info.advance * scaleFactor) / scaleFactor;
    float fontHeight = Mathf.Round(text.fontSize * text.lineSpacing * scaleFactor) / scaleFactor;

    var rect = text.GetComponent<RectTransform>().rect;

    float boundingBoxWidth = rect.xMax - rect.xMin;
    float boundingBoxHeight = rect.yMax - rect.yMin;

    int consoleWidth = Mathf.FloorToInt(boundingBoxWidth / fontWidth);
    int consoleHeight = Mathf.FloorToInt(boundingBoxHeight / fontHeight);
    if (consoleWidth < 0) consoleWidth = 0;
    if (consoleHeight < 0) consoleHeight = 0;
    return new Vector2Int(x: consoleWidth, y: consoleHeight);
}