text_length - Man Page

Returns the length of a string in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>

int text_length(const FONT *f, const char *str);

Description

Returns the length (in pixels) of a string in the specified font. Example:

   int width = text_length(font, "I love spam");
   ...
   bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);

See Also

text_height(3), ex12bit(3), exmidi(3), expat(3), exunicod(3)

Referenced By

ex12bit(3), exmidi(3), expat(3), exunicod(3), text_height(3), textout_ex(3), textprintf_ex(3).

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