Roughly approximate the width of a string of text in Python?

Question

How would one, using Python, approximate the font width of a given string of text?

I am looking for a function with a prototype similar to:

def getA         


        

Answer 1

I have used a library that does this however it requires pygame: http://inside.catlin.edu/site/compsci/ics/python/graphics.py Look under sizeString