I don't know what toolkit you are using, but when I want to place text with e.g. SDL_ttf, I can compute the width and height of a string knowing its font. IMO r

I don't know what toolkit you are using, but when I want to place text with e.g. SDL_ttf, I can compute the width and height of a string knowing its font. IMO relying on a specific font is exactly like throwing magic numbers in a codebase. I can understand that it simplifies things, but it doesn't feel right.