<![CDATA[Determine the width of a character]]>How can I determine the width of a character from the freefonts? I tried: "M5. Lcd.width('W',myfont)
This reported that width is not known.

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/topic/1773/determine-the-width-of-a-characterRSS for NodeTue, 10 Mar 2026 09:50:51 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2020 09:17:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Determine the width of a character on Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:36:04 GMT]]>@hansim

in the this lib file , you can find the str width return function:

https://github.com/m5stack/M5Stack/blob/master/src/utility/In_eSPI.h

  int16_t  textWidth(const char *string, uint8_t font),
           textWidth(const char *string),
           textWidth(const String& string, uint8_t font),
           textWidth(const String& string),
           fontHeight(int16_t font),
           fontHeight(void);
]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/7811https://community.m5stack.com/post/7811Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:36:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Determine the width of a character on Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:12:45 GMT]]>I think there's a translation error here: I want to read the width of the characters. (Google translated :-))

I can determine the size of the characters. With FreeFonts, not all characters are the same width. An "i" is narrower than an "M".
Since I want to split my screen into two areas, the left part should not write in the right part. If I can read the width of the characters, I know when to start a new line.

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