What is font metric ?? (HELP)

hi, i am currently doing my project using java... 1 of the features in my system is the changing of font type and size of selected text... however my teacher wants me to make use of font metric (hope i never spelled wrongly)...
can someone tells me wat is font metric ? and any examples to show??
i appreciate all helps....

The following code should get get the height and ascent of the font of any componant or object that inherits from componant. (I haven't compiled or run this code so it may contain errors)Componant yourComponant = new Componant();
Font yourFont = yourComponant.getFont();
FontMetrics yourFontMetrics = getFontMetrics(yourFont);
int fontHeight = yourFontMetrics.getHeight();
int fontAscent = yourFontMetrics.getAscent();fontHeight contains the height of a line of text in this font.
fontAscent contains the the ascent of this font (from baseline to the top of most characters).
Follow the link in the last post to see all the methods and what they do.

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