bold. This is italic"; [Bindable] private var buttonLabel:String="Button label"; [Bindable] private var longPhrase:String="This is an extremely long string that does not fit in the space of the panel."; private function myToString(ml:Label):String { var newTL:TextLineMetrics = ml.getLineMetrics(0); var newString:String = new String(); newString = newTL.ascent + ", " + newTL.descent + ", " + newTL.height + ", " + newTL.leading + ", " + newTL.width + ", " + newTL.x; return newString; } ]]>