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

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

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/blob/main/include/SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_Surface * TTF_RenderText_LCD(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, size_t length, SDL_Color fg, SDL_Color bg);
```

## Function Parameters

|                        |            |                                                                  |
| ---------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [TTF_Font](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.                               |
| 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](TTF_RenderText_LCD_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_Solid),
[TTF_RenderText_Shaded](TTF_RenderText_Shaded), and
[TTF_RenderText_Blended](TTF_RenderText_Blended).

## 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.

## See Also

- [TTF_RenderText_Blended](TTF_RenderText_Blended)
- [TTF_RenderText_LCD_Wrapped](TTF_RenderText_LCD_Wrapped)
- [TTF_RenderText_Shaded](TTF_RenderText_Shaded)
- [TTF_RenderText_Solid](TTF_RenderText_Solid)

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