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

TTF_SizeUTF8

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

Header File

Defined in <SDL_ttf.h>

Syntax

int TTF_SizeUTF8(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, int *w, int *h);

Function Parameters

TTF_Font *	font	the font to query.
const char *	text	text to calculate, in UTF-8 encoding.
int *	w	will be filled with width, in pixels, on return.
int *	h	will be filled with height, in pixels, on return.

Return Value

(int) Returns 0 if successful, -1 on error.

Remarks

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

This does not need to render the string to do this calculation.

Version

This function is available since SDL_ttf 2.0.12.

See Also

• TTF_SizeUNICODE

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