Is there a way to add an extra step or two and make an image of just your text, determine that width which gives you your string width, then with that info in hand, write your text onto your image?
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Roche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:04 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Centering text written on an image > > >I think you have to figure out the offset, and start from there. So, you'll > >need to determine the approximate width in pixels of your text string, > > > > But the quetion is how? How can I find the width of the string? > > I tried making a table of widths and that does not work really. > > For example with the strings AWA and HWH with Arial font the A is wider than > H the kerning means that > HWH is wider. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4