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# Page.MeasureText Method (console safe)

Measures how many letters of text can fit in a given horizontal space using current font settings. This variation can also get physical width of the text through the outWidth ByRef parameter.

MeasureText(
text as String,
width as Single,
wordWrap as Boolean,
ByRef outWidth as Single) as Integer

#### Parameters

text
  The text to measure.
width
  Width of the area to allow the text to flow in.
wordWrap
  If this parameter is true then if considering this text: "Some long text" where we only have space for "Some long t" then it will cut off the last t and space and return 9 instead of 11
outWidth (ByRef parameter)
  Real with of the text. (ByRef parameter)

#### Returns

Integer
  The number of letters that can fit within the given space with the current settings.

#### Remarks

#### See Also

Page Class