TTF_GetFontHeight(3)

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

💖 TTF_GetFontHeight 💖

okay bestie, so like — this is a page from the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS manual, and today's main character is TTF_GetFontHeight. it's giving "how tall is my font actually" energy and honestly? obsessed. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

TTF_GetFontHeight — the girl who tells you the total height of a font. 💅

📁 HEADER FILE 📁

she lives in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h, no cap. defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

int TTF_GetFontHeight(const TTF_Font *font);

that's it. one function, one font, one number. simple, iconic, slay. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this function asks a font "hey babe, how tall are you?" and the answer is usually equal to the point size. 👑

lowkey that's the whole vibe — it's usually equal to point size. don't overthink it, bestie.

🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

  • font — the font to query. like, the actual font you want the height of. hand her over. 💖

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the font's height. that's it. that's the tea. ☕ the height. of the font. 🎀

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread. any thread!! go wild, no lock needed, she's not gonna crash on you. 💜✨

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

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

not me writing a whole manpage and it's literally one function that returns a number. and yet?? still ate. 💀✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was TTF_GetFontHeight(3) from SDL_ttf 3.2.2 — the SDL_ttf girlies really said "keep it simple, keep it iconic" and honestly? periodt. 💅🎀 go measure some fonts, you got this. byeee 🌸

📦 where this page comes from