Py5Font.ascent()

Py5Font.ascent()#

Get the ascent of this font from the baseline.

Examples#

example picture for ascent()

def setup():
    font_size = 45
    font = py5.create_font('DejaVu Sans', font_size)
    py5.text_font(font)

    baseline = py5.height / 2
    ascent = baseline - font.ascent() * font_size
    descent = baseline + font.descent() * font_size

    py5.text("py5", 10, baseline)
    py5.line(0, ascent, py5.width, ascent)
    py5.line(0, baseline, py5.width, baseline)
    py5.line(0, descent, py5.width, descent)

Description#

Get the ascent of this font from the baseline. The value is based on a font of size 1. Multiply it by the font size to get the offset from the baseline.

Underlying Processing method: PFont.ascent

Signatures#

ascent() -> float

Updated on March 06, 2023 02:49:26am UTC

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