17932 2012-07-18 07:19:18 +0000 >http://dev.w3.org/html5/2dcontext/#dom-context-2d-measuretext >The TextMetrics interface is used for the objects returned from measureText(). > It has one attribute, width, which is set by the measureText() method I presume it was called width because i 2012-10-19 22:47:11 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED WORKSFORME http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#top P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian mike contributor oldest_to_newest 70325 0 contributor 2012-07-18 07:19:18 +0000 This was was cloned from bug 16793 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2012-04-18 22:08:00 +0000 ================================================================================ #0 contributor@whatwg.org 2012-04-18 22:08:57 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specification: http://dev.w3.org/html5/2dcontext/ Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top Comment: >http://dev.w3.org/html5/2dcontext/#dom-context-2d-measuretext >The TextMetrics interface is used for the objects returned from measureText(). > It has one attribute, width, which is set by the measureText() method I presume it was called width because its the width of a "box", but for the case of text its probably not "width", its more likely "logical advance". I suggest adding clarifying words that "the box width represents the logical advance of the string". Posted from: 148.87.19.198 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0) ================================================================================ 76782 1 ian 2012-10-19 22:47:11 +0000 The WHATWG spec does have text to that effect.