he sum of the widths of the component characters. <CODE>
GrTextWidth()</CODE>
 takes track kerning and pairwise kerning into account.</P>
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<CODE>
GrFontMetrics()</CODE>
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 </A>
<A NAME="Shapes_f.htm_IX_GrFontMetrics()">
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 returns information pertaining to a font. The meanings of these metrics are listed below:
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<DL>
<DT>
<STRONG>
Height</STRONG>
</DT><DD>The height of the &quot;font box.&quot; This is how much vertical 