NAME

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

HEADER FILE

       Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

SYNOPSIS

       #include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

       bool TTF_GetStringSize(TTF_Font *font, const char *text, size_t length, int *w, int *h);

DESCRIPTION

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

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

       font   the font to query.

       text   text to calculate, in UTF-8 encoding.

       length the length of the text, in bytes, or 0 for null terminated text.

       w      will be filled with width, in pixels, on return.

       h      will be filled with height, in pixels, on return.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns true on success or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

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

AVAILABILITY

       This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.

SDL_ttf                                           SDL_ttf 3.2.0                             TTF_GetStringSize(3)