What is the difference between the Font and FontMetrics classes

The FontMetrics class is used to define implementation-specific properties, such asascent and descent, of a Font object.

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Sandhya.Kishan
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Mar 24th, 2012

Font class is used to set or retrieve the screen fonts.The Font class maps the characters of the language to their respective glyphs.
The FontMetrics class defines a font metrics object, which encapsulates information about the rendering of a particular font on a particular screen.i.e they provide access to the attributes of the font object.