# MeasureText proc (client)

Source: https://ref.dm-lang.org/client/proc/MeasureText
Added in BYOND 513.

### Format
> `MeasureText(text, style, width=0)`

### Args
- `text`: The text to be measured
- `style`: Stylesheet to be used (leave blank to use the default map control's styles, if any)
- `width`: Width limit, if you only want to measure height; 0 means no limit


### Returns
> A size value in `"[width]x[height]"` format, e.g. "60x16"

Because maptext rendering may vary by client, `MeasureText` lets you get a measurement of how text will be laid out, so you can adjust `maptext_width` and `maptext_height` accordingly.

### See also
- [maptext var (atom)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/atom/var/maptext.md)
- [maptext_width var (atom)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/atom/var/maptext_width.md)
- [maptext_height var (atom)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/atom/var/maptext_height.md)