How to get width and height of string on the screen?

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Published on 2010-03-20T14:52:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 15:01 UTC
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Lets say I've a string and some font (name, size, etc...).
How to get width and height, measured in pixels, of such string displayed on the screen?

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