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bonaldi  2010-02-17 20:34:54
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You might be interested in Jerry Krinock's great NS(Attributed)String+Geometrics category, which is designed to do all sorts of string measurement, including what you're looking for.

Rob Keniger  2010-02-18 00:17:33
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-[NSAttributedString boundingRectWithSize:options:].

You can specify NSStringDrawingUsesDeviceMetrics to get union of all glyph bounds

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Cocoa-dev/2006/Feb/msg00564.html

Unlike -[NSAttributedString size] the returned NSRect represents the dimensions of the area that would change if the string is drawn.

Graham Miln  2010-03-17 05:33:48

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