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cvGetTextSize


Module: OpenCV

Calculates the width and height of a text string.

Name Type Range Description
Input value
inText String Text string to be drawn.
Input value
inFontFace CvFontType Font type.
Input value
inFontItalic Bool When true, text letters are slanted.
Input value
inFontScale Real 0.0 - Font scale factor that is multiplied by the font-specific base size.
Input value
inThickness Integer 1 - Thickness of the lines used to draw a text.
Output value
outWidth Integer Width of text.
Output value
outHeight Integer Height of text.
Output value
outBaseline Integer y-coordinate of the baseline relative to the bottom-most text point.

Errors

This filter can throw an exception to report error. Read how to deal with errors in Error Handling.

List of possible exceptions:

Error type Description
DomainError inText empty in cvGetTextSize.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Basic Complexity Level.