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

Render UTF-8 text at fast quality to a new 8-bit 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_Solid(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, size_t length, SDL_Color fg);
```

## 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.                               |

## 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_RenderText_Solid_Wrapped](TTF_RenderText_Solid_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_Shaded](TTF_RenderText_Shaded),
[TTF_RenderText_Blended](TTF_RenderText_Blended), and
[TTF_RenderText_LCD](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.

## See Also

- [TTF_RenderText_Blended](TTF_RenderText_Blended)
- [TTF_RenderText_LCD](TTF_RenderText_LCD)
- [TTF_RenderText_Shaded](TTF_RenderText_Shaded)
- [TTF_RenderText_Solid](TTF_RenderText_Solid)
- [TTF_RenderText_Solid_Wrapped](TTF_RenderText_Solid_Wrapped)

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