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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Get the width of a PostScript string in PostScript points (1/72")
# given a set of font metrics and an encoding vector.
#
sub ps_width($$$) {
my($str, $met, $encoding) = @_;
my($w) = 0;
my($i,$c,$p);
$l = length($str);
undef $p;
for ( $i = 0 ; $i < $l ; $i++ ) {
$c = substr($str,$i,1);
$w += $$met{widths}{$encoding->[ord($c)]};
# The standard PostScript "show" operator doesn't do kerning.
# $w += $$met{kern}{$p.$c};
$p = $c;
}
return $w / $met->{scale};
}
# OK
1;