font_glyph_pitch(9)

bestie, welcome to font_glyph_pitch(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual 🫶✨ this one is lowkey tiny but highkey useful.

✨ NAME ✨

font_glyph_pitch — calculates the number of bytes per scanline 💫

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so the whole call is giving:

unsigned int font_glyph_pitch (unsigned int width );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• width — the glyph width in bits per scanline. that's the number you hand over, fr fr. 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

A glyph's pitch is the number of bytes in a single scanline, rounded up to the next full byte. no cap, that's the whole vibe: one scanline, byte-counted, rounded up. ✨

The parameter width receives the number of visible bits per scanline. 👀

For example:

• If width is 14 bytes per scanline, the pitch is 2 bytes per scanline.
• If width is 8 bits per scanline, the pitch is 1 byte per scanline.

🦋 RETURN 🦋

The number of bytes in a single scanline of the glyph. that's the return value, periodt. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/font.h
• font_glyph_size(9), font_data_t(9), font_data_buf(9)

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xoxo, bestie 💋 — source/version ./include/linux, date October 2026, page font_glyph_pitch(9) 🌈