RE: pixels per character

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Christian Calloway <mailto:callowaylc@xxxxxxxxx>
    on Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:59 PM said:

> trying to dynamically size cell widths; what I need is a formula to
> measure pixels per character for an arbitrary font (in this case 10pt
> verdana). A simple function f(x) = strlen(x) * SOMECONSTANT just
> doesn't seem to cut it, as returned widths are to small are long. Any
> ideas? 

That's like killing a mouse with an atomic bomb. Why not just do
"white-space: nowrap;" or <td nowrap="nowrap"> or set a percentage based
width?

What are you doing that requires determining the column width based on
pixels?



Chris.

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