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text_length(3alleg4) Allegro manual text_length(3alleg4)

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

#include <allegro.h>

int text_length(const FONT *f, const char *str);

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);

text_height(3alleg4), ex12bit(3alleg4), exmidi(3alleg4), expat(3alleg4), exunicod(3alleg4)

version 4.4.3 Allegro