>>You can calculate the size of the word when rendered in a specified font using:
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>>FONTMETRIC(6,"<font name>",<font size>, <font style>) * TXTWIDTH("<text string>","<font name>",<font size>, <font style>)
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>I thought that was what I was doing with the len() / len(), and then setting the width * (len() / len()).

It's the same for none-proportional fonts only.