NAME

TTF_GetGlyphImageForIndex - Get the pixel image for a character index.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

SDL_Surface * TTF_GetGlyphImageForIndex(TTF_Font *font, Uint32 glyph_index, TTF_ImageType *image_type);

DESCRIPTION

This is useful for text engine implementations, which can call this with the glyph_index in a TTF_CopyOperation

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

font

the font to query.

glyph_index

the index of the glyph to return.

image_type

a pointer filled in with the glyph image type, may be NULL.

RETURN VALUE

Returns an SDL_Surface containing the glyph, or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

This function should be called on the thread that created the font.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.