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Created February 13, 2012 23:58
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<html>
<meta charset='utf-8' />
<head>
</head>
<body>
<svg>
<text id='text_node' y="20px" text-anchor="start" opacity="1">
<tspan>You</tspan>
<tspan dx='.5em'>shall</tspan>
<tspan dx='.5em' dy='.9em'>not</tspan>
<tspan dx='.4em' dy='.9em'>pass</tspan>
<tspan dx='.5em'>Fly</tspan>
<tspan dx='.4em' dy='.9em'>you</tspan>
<tspan dx='.4em' dy='.9em'>fools</tspan>
</text>
</svg>
<script>
var bbox = document.getElementById('text_node').getBBox();
var computed_text_length = document.getElementById('text_node').getComputedTextLength();
console.log('BBOX width: ', bbox.width);
console.log('Computed text length: ', computed_text_length);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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