TTF_GetGlyphImage(3)

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

✨ TTF_GetGlyphImage — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages 💖 today's main character is TTF_GetGlyphImage(3), and she's here to hand you the actual pixel image for a UNICODE codepoint. yes. the whole little picture of the letter. iconic behavior fr fr 🎀

🦋 NAME 🦋

TTF_GetGlyphImage — get the pixel image for a UNICODE codepoint. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 HEADER FILE 🌸

she lives in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h, so that's where you go looking for her 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

SDL_Surface * TTF_GetGlyphImage(TTF_Font *font, Uint32 ch, TTF_ImageType *image_type);

look at her. three args, one surface, zero drama 🌈

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • font — the font you wanna interrogate. the one you're querying 👑
  • ch — the codepoint you're checking on. the actual character bestie 🔥
  • image_type — a pointer that gets filled in with the glyph image type. and listen, she's chill: this one may be NULL if you don't care. no pressure, no judgment 💜

💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

she hands you back an SDL_Surface with the glyph on it. slay ✨

but if it goes wrong? you get NULL 😭 and that's your cue to call SDL_GetError() for more info, because she's not gonna explain herself unprompted. go ask her sister.

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

bestie this is the important part: call this function on the thread that created the font. same thread. no hopping around. the font does not want to be passed around like a group chat screenshot 💀

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

she's been around since SDL_ttf 3.0.0. a real veteran. a legend. we stan a stable API 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

nothing else listed on this page, so it's just her and SDL_GetError() when things go sideways. iykyk 💅

and that's the whole page, no cap. this was TTF_GetGlyphImage(3) from SDL_ttf 3.2.2 — go forth and render your little glyphs, bestie, you're gonna ate it 💖🎀✨

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