al_get_glyph(3)

💅 al_get_glyph(3) — aka the Allegro 5 API glyph info moment 🎀

okay bestie, this is from the Library Functions Manual, and it's giving very specific Allegro 5 API energy ✨ no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_glyph — Allegro 5 API 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h>

bool al_get_glyph(const ALLEGRO_FONT *f, int prev_codepoint, int codepoint, ALLEGRO_GLYPH *glyph)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this function gets all the information about a glyph, including the bitmap, that you need to draw it yourself. main character behavior, honestly 👑

prev_codepoint is the codepoint in the string before the one you want to draw, and it's used for kerning — yes, that spacing glow-up between characters 💅

codepoint is the character you want to get info about.

🫶 important bestie note: you should clear the glyph structure to 0 with memset before passing it to this function, for future compatibility. literally do not skip this, okay? 😭

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.1

🌈 [Unstable API]: This API is new and subject to refinement.

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

ALLEGRO_GLYPH(3)

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signed off with love from the Allegro reference manual 💖 — page al_get_glyph(3) 🎀 and yeah, no date on this footer, bestie, so we're not inventing one 🌸 periodt.