text_length(3)

text_length – Returns the length of a string in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>
int text_length(const FONT *f, const char *str);

Description

Returns the length (in pixels) of a string in the specified font. Example:

int width = text_length(font, "I love spam");
... bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);

See Also

text_height(3), ex12bit(3), exmidi(3), expat(3), exunicod(3)