title: Howto determine the size of a string give the current font in wxWidgets
body: <p>Is there a way to determine the display length of a given string (in pixels) based on the currently selected font in (C++) wxWidgets?</p>
  
  <p>For example if I print out the string "Speed:" and want to put 10 pixels between the ':' and the value about to follow, I need to know how long the "Speed:" string was.  Is there a way to determine this?  I can't seem to find anything in the API documentation but I may be missing something.</p>