# NodeBox

Create visual output with Python programming code
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# Reference | textmetrics()

Syntax |
    textmetrics(txt, width=None)
Description | Returns what would be the width and height of a text block drawn with the text() command, in the current font(), fontsize() and lineheight(). The first parameter sets the text string to measure, the second parameter sets the width of a line of text in block.
Returns | a tuple containing the width and height of the text block
Example |
    font("Courier New")
    w, h = textmetrics("Ekky ekky!", 30)
    print w
    print h