def _get_text_metrics(text: str, font: ImageFont):
"""
Returns some useful metrics about the font.
:param text: the text to be displayed
:param font: the font object
:return: a tuple consisting of four sections of the text (top offset, text, bottom offset)
"""
ascent, descent = font.getmetrics()
(width, _), (_, offset_y) = font.font.getsize(text)
return width, offset_y, ascent - offset_y, descent
