RE: FontMetrics from HSSFFont?

[Danny Angus]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:14 AM
> To: POI Development
> Subject: RE: FontMetrics from HSSFFont?
>
>
> The question is:  Using this, can you get a reliable measure on what the
> size of the string "Hello World!!" is using 12 point Arial?  If not...we
> need our own.

Yes you can, but you have to have the font .. and the point of font metrics
is that it tells you the size of that font for a specific device.