al_draw_glyph(3alleg5)

✨ NAME ✨

al_draw_glyph — bestie, this is part of the Allegro 5 API 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

void al_draw_glyph(const ALLEGRO_FONT *f, ALLEGRO_COLOR color, float x, float y,
   int codepoint)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea ☕: al_draw_glyph draws the one single glyph that corresponds with codepoint, in the color you hand it, using the font f you picked. One glyph. That's the whole job. Iconic behavior, honestly.

And if your font simply doesn't have that glyph? Nothing gets drawn. No drama, no error, no glyph — just vibes and empty space 💀.

Now, if what you actually want is a string drawn as normal left-to-right horizontal text, you're gonna need al_get_glyph_advance(3alleg5) to figure out where each glyph goes. Literally cannot skip that step, bestie — it's how you know the position of every glyph 🫶.

And for strings going in other directions — say, top to down (iykyk, vertical text era) — use al_get_glyph_dimensions(3alleg5) to determine the size and the position of each glyph. Two-for-one, we love that 💅.

Oh and if you've gotta draw a ton of glyphs all at once? Not me letting you raw-dog the draw calls 😭. Call al_hold_bitmap_drawing(3alleg5) with true as the parameter before you start drawing the glyphs, then call al_hold_bitmap_drawing(3alleg5) again with false as the parameter when you're done drawing them. That's the performance glow-up, no cap ✨🔥.

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.12 — yeah, she's been around a minute 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• al_get_glyph_width(3alleg5)
• al_get_glyph_dimensions(3alleg5)
• al_get_glyph_advance(3alleg5)

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Allegro reference manual 🎀 al_draw_glyph(3alleg5) — that's the page name and the source, bestie, so go forth and draw exactly one glyph at a time 🧚💖🌸