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

TTF_RenderText_Blended

Render UTF-8 text at high quality to a new ARGB surface.

Header File

Syntax

SDL_Surface * TTF_RenderText_Blended(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, size_t length, SDL_Color fg);

Function Parameters

TTF_Font *	font	the font to render with.
const char *	text	text to render, in UTF-8 encoding.
size_t	length	the length of the text, in bytes, or 0 for null terminated text.
SDL_Color	fg	the foreground 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, using alpha blending to dither the font with the given color. 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_Blended_Wrapped() instead if you need to wrap the output to multiple lines.

This will not wrap on newline characters.

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

Thread Safety

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

Version

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.