get height on a block of latex output

Question

I am trying to determine how to get the height on a block of latex output (not the whole document, and not the code..but rather a block of

Answer 1

Usually, the trick is to put whatever you want to measure into a box and then simply not typeset the box, but measure it:

\newdimen\height
\setbox0=\hbox{\Huge Hello, World!}
\height=\ht0 \advance\height by \dp0
The height is: \the\height