TTF_GetFontDescent(3)

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

💖 TTF_GetFontDescent(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we're talking about TTF_GetFontDescent — the lil function that tells you how far down a font dips from the baseline. yes it's negative. yes that's on purpose. let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

TTF_GetFontDescent — query the offset from the baseline to the bottom of a font.

like, the bottom-bottom. the underhang. the lil bit that hangs below the line ✨

🎀 HEADER FILE 🎀

defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

int TTF_GetFontDescent(const TTF_Font *font);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea: this is a negative value, relative to the baseline. that's the whole vibe. it's not a bug, it's not a glitch, it's just how descent math works — down is negative, periodt 👑

🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

  • font — the font to query. (the one you're being nosy about 💜)

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns the font's descent. that's it, that's the answer, no cap 🌈

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread. go wild, queen — multithreaded font interrogation is fully on the table 🔥

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0. so if you're on anything older... bestie, upgrade 😭

mwah 💋 that's the whole page. go measure your fonts, you icon.

source: SDL_ttf, version 3.2.2 — from the SDL_ttf manual, and yeah, this whole thing is TTF_GetFontDescent(3) 💖✨🎀

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