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Paint.FontMetrics

public static class Paint.FontMetrics
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.graphics.Paint.FontMetrics


Class that describes the various metrics for a font at a given text size. Remember, Y values increase going down, so those values will be positive, and values that measure distances going up will be negative. This class is returned by getFontMetrics().

Summary

Fields

public float ascent

The recommended distance above the baseline for singled spaced text.

public float bottom

The maximum distance below the baseline for the lowest glyph in the font at a given text size.

public float descent

The recommended distance below the baseline for singled spaced text.

public float leading

The recommended additional space to add between lines of text.

public float top

The maximum distance above the baseline for the tallest glyph in the font at a given text size.

Public constructors

FontMetrics()

Inherited methods

Fields

ascent

public float ascent

The recommended distance above the baseline for singled spaced text.

bottom

public float bottom

The maximum distance below the baseline for the lowest glyph in the font at a given text size.

descent

public float descent

The recommended distance below the baseline for singled spaced text.

leading

public float leading

The recommended additional space to add between lines of text.

top

public float top

The maximum distance above the baseline for the tallest glyph in the font at a given text size.

Public constructors

FontMetrics

public FontMetrics ()