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Name | ### textAscent()
Examples |
    float base = height * 0.75;
    float scalar = 0.8; // Different for each font

    textSize(32);  // Set initial text size
    float a = textAscent() * scalar;  // Calc ascent
    line(0, base-a, width, base-a);
    text("dp", 0, base);  // Draw text on baseline

    textSize(64);  // Increase text size
    a = textAscent() * scalar;  // Recalc ascent
    line(40, base-a, width, base-a);
    text("dp", 40, base);  // Draw text on baseline
Description | Returns ascent of the current font at its current size. This information is useful for determining the height of the font above the baseline. For example, adding the textAscent() and textDescent() values will give you the total height of the line.
Syntax |
    textAscent()
Returns | float
Related | textDescent()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:01pm PDT