gethei(3G)gethei(3G)NAMEgethei - returns the maximum character height in the current raster font
FORTRAN 77 SPECIFICATION
integer*4 function gethei()PARAMETERS
none
FUNCTION RETURN VALUE
The returned value of this function is the maximum height (in pixels) of
a character in the current font.
DESCRIPTIONgethei returns the maximum height of the characters, in the current
raster font. The height is defined as the number of pixels between the
top of the tallest ascender (in characters such as f and h) and the
bottom of the lowest descender (in characters such as y and p).
SEE ALSO
getdes, getfon, strwid
NOTE
This routine is available only in immediate mode.
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