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TTF_GetStringSize

NAME
HEADER FILE
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTION PARAMETERS
RETURN VALUE
THREAD SAFETY
AVAILABILITY

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NAME

TTF_GetStringSize - Calculate the dimensions of a rendered string of UTF-8 text.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

bool TTF_GetStringSize(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, size_t length, int *w, int *h);

DESCRIPTION

This will report the width and height, in pixels, of the space that the specified string will take to fully render.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

	font		the font to query.
	text		text to calculate, in UTF-8 encoding.
	length		the length of the text, in bytes, or 0 for null terminated text.
	w		will be filled with width, in pixels, on return.
	h		will be filled with height, in pixels, on return.

RETURN VALUE

Returns true on success or false 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.

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