# sm.gui.computeTextSize

Calculates the 720 widget size required to display a text

**Kind:** Function

**Environments:** Game

## Game

``` { .lua .api-signature }
sm.gui.computeTextSize( text, font, align, maxWidth?, replaceTags? )
```

[Open the full Game reference](../Game-Script-Environment/Static-Functions/sm.gui.md#computetextsize)

**Availability:** Client only

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `text` | string | The text to compute. |
| `font` | string | The font to use. |
| `align` | string | The text alignment. |
| `maxWidth` *(optional)* | number | The maximum desired widget width before wrapping (optional) (Defaults to -1) |
| `replaceTags` *(optional)* | boolean | Should tags be replaced before calculating? (optional) (Defaults to true) |

**Returns:**

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| \{number, number\} | The calculated width and height. |