Font Size
Learn about font size and em size, in this lesson.
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Font size
The set_font_size function sets the size of the font and, therefore, the size of any text we create with that font. But, what exactly does the size value mean?
Font size is measured in user units —the same units we use when setting the line width. The font size indicates the height of the text, from the top of the tallest alphabetic character, such as a capital “A”, right down to the bottom of the tail of an alphabetic character, such as “g”. Here is an example of this:
As we can see in the example, the size includes a small extra margin above and below. Most fonts tend to do this.
If this seems ...