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Created October 16, 2014 16:31
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p5.js textHeight() gets height of text box – text(words,x,y,w,h)
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p5.textHeight.js
function textHeight(text, maxWidth) {
var words = text.split(' ');
var line = '';
var h = this._textLeading;
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
var testLine = line + words[i] + ' ';
var testWidth = drawingContext.measureText(testLine).width;
if (testWidth > maxWidth && i > 0) {
line = words[i] + ' ';
h += this._textLeading;
} else {
line = testLine;
}
}
return h;
}
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