getheight(3G)

NAME
     getheight - returns the maximum character height in the current raster
     font

C SPECIFICATION
     long getheight()

PARAMETERS
     none

FUNCTION RETURN VALUE
     The returned value of this function is the maximum height (in pixels) of
     a character in the current font.

DESCRIPTION
     getheight returns the maximum height of the characters, in the current
     raster font.  The height is defined as the number of pixels between the
     top of the tallest ascender (in characters such as f and h) and the
     bottom of the lowest descender (in characters such as y and p).

SEE ALSO
     getdescender, getfont, strwidth

NOTE
     This routine is available only in immediate mode.