al_load_ttf_font_f(3alleg5)

💖 al_load_ttf_font_f — Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API manual, page al_load_ttf_font_f(3alleg5). this one's a lil niche but it's lowkey iconic, let's get into it 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h>

ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_ttf_font_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *file,
    char const *filename, int size, int flags)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so it's giving al_load_ttf_font(3alleg5)... but make it file handle 💅

literally the exact same energy, except the font gets read straight from the file handle you hand over. and the filename? bestie, it's only there so the library can go looking for possible additional files sitting next to a font file. that's it. that's the whole job. she's just a locator 🎀

⚠️ Note: the file handle is owned by the returned ALLEGRO_FONT object and must not be freed by the caller. like, do not touch it. do not fclose it. do not pass go. because FreeType expects to be able to read from it at a later time 😭 so if you free it, you're setting yourself up for a bad time, fr fr.

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🫶 cute lil sign-off 🫶

that's the whole page, bestie! this came to you from the Allegro reference manual, page al_load_ttf_font_f(3alleg5). go forth and load them fonts 👑✨💜