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Introduced with the original version of Macintosh system software, QuickDraw text allows applications to write text to the screen or to a printer. With QuickDraw text, you can set the characteristics of the drawing environment, draw text, measure the width of text, lay out lines of text, determine caret positions, and highlight text.

QuickDraw Text Reference This document provides a complete reference to the original Macintosh text-handling APIs.