(This function is part of SDL_ttf, a separate library from SDL.)

TTF_RenderText_LCD

Render Latin1 text at LCD subpixel quality to a new ARGB surface.

Header File

Syntax

SDL_Surface * TTF_RenderText_LCD(TTF_Font *font,
                const char *text, SDL_Color fg, SDL_Color bg);

Function Parameters

TTF_Font *	font	the font to render with.
const char *	text	text to render, in Latin1 encoding.
SDL_Color	fg	the foreground color for the text.
SDL_Color	bg	the background color for the text.

Return Value

(SDL_Surface *) Returns a new 32-bit, ARGB surface, or NULL if there was an error.

Remarks

This function will allocate a new 32-bit, ARGB surface, and render alpha-blended text using FreeType's LCD subpixel rendering. This function returns the new surface, or NULL if there was an error.

This will not word-wrap the string; you'll get a surface with a single line of text, as long as the string requires. You can use TTF_RenderText_LCD_Wrapped() instead if you need to wrap the output to multiple lines.

This will not wrap on newline characters.

You almost certainly want TTF_RenderUTF8_LCD() unless you're sure you have a 1-byte Latin1 encoding. US ASCII characters will work with either function, but most other Unicode characters packed into a const char * will need UTF-8.

You can render at other quality levels with TTF_RenderText_Solid, TTF_RenderText_Shaded, and TTF_RenderText_Blended.

Version

This function is available since SDL_ttf 2.20.0.