On Mar 21, 2018, at 7:52 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

From: Liam Goodacre <liamg_uw@hotmail.com>
Cc: Pd-List <pd-list@lists.iem.at>
Subject: Re: [PD] reporting the dimensions of a symbol / float atom
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It would certainly help me to have be able to query atom sizes. Beyond the issue of tight GOP areas, in Context you can resize atoms dynamically (see the attached gif). The whole thing rests on knowing the basic dimensions of an atom. If there is a margin of error here, then the whole thing gets thrown off.

I'll grant that this is an unusual case, but it seems likely that many other users could benefit from a system which sizes GOPs and canvases according to font units. Roman, I don't see this getting in the way of any future solution--it's more just an optional feature which would enhance compatibility between older and newer versions of PD, many of which will remain in use for a long time.

BTW, we are talking about two different things here: font size and atom size. What is the relationship between them? In 0.48.1, the atom appears to have increased in height, suggesting that they are not always proportional.