Retrieve rendered text length

Hi there,

First of all let me thank you for such a great library. I'm using it
more and more... ;)
One question I have is if it's possible to get the length of a text
rendered by itext. I'm using code like this:
content.beginText();
content.setFontAndSize(fontBold, 24);
content.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_LEFT, "TEST", x, y, 0);
content.endText();

Now I'm searching for a method, which tells me how long the generated
text is (it depends obviously on the font...), so that I can use a
abbreviation if it's too long. Does such a method exist or are there any
hints how to implement such a method?

Thanks,

Thorsten



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