TTF_GetStringSize - Man Page

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

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

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

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.

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

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

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.