###### (This function is part of SDL_ttf, a separate library from SDL.) # TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid Render UCS-2 text at fast quality to a new 8-bit surface. ## Header File Defined in [](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_ttf.h) ## Syntax ```c SDL_Surface * TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid(TTF_Font *font, const Uint16 *text, SDL_Color fg); ``` ## Function Parameters | | | | | ---------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------- | | [TTF_Font](TTF_Font) * | **font** | the font to render with. | | const Uint16 * | **text** | text to render, in UCS-2 encoding. | | SDL_Color | **fg** | the foreground color for the text. | ## Return Value (SDL_Surface *) Returns a new 8-bit, palettized surface, or NULL if there was an error. ## Remarks This function will allocate a new 8-bit, palettized surface. The surface's 0 pixel will be the colorkey, giving a transparent background. The 1 pixel will be set to the text color. 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_RenderUNICODE_Solid_Wrapped](TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid_Wrapped)() instead if you need to wrap the output to multiple lines. This will not wrap on newline characters. Please note that this function is named "Unicode" but currently expects UCS-2 encoding (16 bits per codepoint). This does not give you access to large Unicode values, such as emoji glyphs. These codepoints are accessible through the UTF-8 version of this function. You can render at other quality levels with [TTF_RenderUNICODE_Shaded](TTF_RenderUNICODE_Shaded), [TTF_RenderUNICODE_Blended](TTF_RenderUNICODE_Blended), and [TTF_RenderUNICODE_LCD](TTF_RenderUNICODE_LCD). ## Version This function is available since SDL_ttf 2.0.12. ## See Also - [TTF_RenderUTF8_Solid](TTF_RenderUTF8_Solid) ---- [CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction)