TTF_GetFontGeneration(3)

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

💖 TTF_GetFontGeneration(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is TTF_GetFontGeneration 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

TTF_GetFontGeneration — get the font generation, no cap 💅

📁 HEADER FILE 📁

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h — that's where this whole vibe lives, girlie 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

Uint32 TTF_GetFontGeneration(TTF_Font *font);

look at her. one include, one function, zero drama ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: the generation gets incremented every single time font properties change that require rebuilding glyphs — think style, size, etc. literally every glow-up gets a new number 🔥

that's it. that's the whole function. she counts your font's eras, periodt 👑

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • font — the font you're querying, bestie. the one you wanna know the generation of 💜

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the font generation 🎉 ...or 0 on failure 😭 — and if that happens, call SDL_GetError() for more information, she'll tell you what went wrong fr fr

🧵 THREAD SAFETY 🧵

This function should be called on the thread that created the font. yes, the same thread. don't be sneaky about it 🙈

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0 — she's been iconic for a minute now 👑

ngl if you're calling this from a different thread than the one that made the font, that's giving chaos energy. don't 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 💖 this lil doc drop came to you straight from SDL_ttf 3.2.2, so go forth and query those generations, you absolute legend 🦋✨🍓

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