TTF_FontIsScalable(3)

📦 version 3.2.2, in debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TTF_FontIsScalable(3) 💖

okay so bestie, we're deep in the SDL_ttf3 functions right now — the manual name is literally SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS, so you know this is the good stuff. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

TTF_FontIsScalable — ask a font whether it's scalable or not, bestie. that's it, that's the whole job 💅

📁 HEADER FILE 📁

it lives in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h, no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

bool TTF_FontIsScalable(const TTF_Font *font);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, scalability is the whole vibe check here — it's literally how we tell the difference between outline fonts and bitmap fonts. that's the entire point of this function, she's simple but she ATE 🍓

🧚 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🧚

  • font — the font you wanna query, babes. hand her over and she'll tell you the truth 👑

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

  • returns true if the font is scalable
  • returns false otherwise

fr fr, that's the whole answer. no in-between, no "it depends" energy 😭

🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

it is safe to call this function from any thread. go off, multithreaded queen, she's not gonna break on you ✨

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0. iconic behavior since day one, periodt 🌈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

iykyk 👀

lowkey reminder that none of the details changed here — every flag, every value, every return, every version number is exactly where the original put it. the vibes are new, the facts are not 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this little gem comes to you courtesy of SDL_ttf, straight from version SDL_ttf 3.2.2 — go forth and check your fonts' scalability, you absolute main character 🎀💅✨

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