in reply to PDF::API2 - Test text that will fit in area
Look at the advancewidth() method in PDF::API2::Content for the width of the text you want to write given the current text object's state, and, for height, I personally just used the rule of thumb that 0.6 x font size (in points) will give me a good-enough approximate height of the text I'm about to write.
Hope that helps.
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