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Hi Folks,

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it was possible to work out the dimensions of text that had been rendered by Printf so I could draw a box around it.

I quick scan of the docs and I didn't see anything.

Anybody know how?

Not sure if that is what you are asking for but I use Font:getWidth() and Font:getHeight()
https://love2d.org/wiki/Font:getWidth
(you have to define a font first or use https://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.getFont)

It's ok for text that doesn't wrap, but if it's displayed on multiple lines I suppose these won't match. I never had to deal with that case so I can't tell really.

You can use Font:getWrap to get the width and number of lines, and then multiply the number of lines with Font:getHeight to get the total height.

Thanks for the tips folks.