TTF_RenderGlyph_Blended(3)

💅 TTF_RenderGlyph_Blended — the SDL_ttf3 glow-up page

okay bestie, welcome to SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS, the corner of the manual where we make ONE little glyph look absolutely stunning. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

TTF_RenderGlyph_Blended — render a single UNICODE codepoint at high quality to a new ARGB surface. no cap, that's the whole job and she does it beautifully.

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🎀 HEADER FILE 🎀

She lives in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h. defined there, born there, iconic there. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

SDL_Surface * TTF_RenderGlyph_Blended(TTF_Font *font, Uint32 ch, SDL_Color fg);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: this function allocates a brand new 32-bit, ARGB surface, and it uses alpha blending to dither the font with the color you gave it. she's giving soft edges, she's giving smooth, she's giving quality. 🌈

It returns that new surface, or NULL if there was an error. (if you get NULL, that's your sign something went wrong, not a personality flaw. 😭)

Now, the way the glyph sits on the surface: it's rendered with no padding or centering in the X direction, and aligned normally in the Y direction. so don't come in expecting her to be centered horizontally, she is NOT doing that, that's not her job. 🙈

You can also render at other quality levels, if blended isn't the mood today:

• TTF_RenderGlyph_Solid
• TTF_RenderGlyph_Shaded
• TTF_RenderGlyph_LCD

pick your queen. 👑

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💜 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 💜

• font — the font you're rendering with. your main character.
• ch — the codepoint to render. one (1) glyph, that's it.
• fg — the foreground color for the text. the fit, the lewk. 💅

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns a new 32-bit, ARGB surface, or NULL if there was an error. that's the whole tea. 🍓

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

This function should be called on the thread that created the font. don't be out here crossing threads, it's not that kind of party. 🫶

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🌟 AVAILABILITY 🌟

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0. she's been here. she's established. she's a legend. 👑

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• •(3), TTF_RenderGlyph_LCD(3), •(3), TTF_RenderGlyph_Shaded(3), •(3), TTF_RenderGlyph_Solid(3)

iykyk. 💀

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and that's the page, bestie!! this whole thing comes to you from SDL_ttf 3.2.2, filed under the manual SDL_ttf, titled TTF_RenderGlyph_Blended(3). go render something gorgeous. mwah. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶