NAME

       al_get_font_line_height - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS

              #include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

              int al_get_font_line_height(const ALLEGRO_FONT *f)

DESCRIPTION

       Returns  the  usual height of a line of text in the specified font.  For bitmap fonts this
       is simply the height of all glyph bitmaps.  For truetype fonts it  is  whatever  the  font
       file specifies.  In particular, some special glyphs may be higher than the height returned
       here.

       If the X is the position you specify to draw text, the meaning of ascent and  descent  and
       the line height is like in the figure below.

              X------------------------
                  /\         |        |
                 /  \        |        |
                /____\       ascent   |
               /      \      |        |
              /        \     |        height
              ----------------        |
                             |        |
                             descent  |
                             |        |
              -------------------------

SEE ALSO

       al_get_text_width(3alleg5), al_get_text_dimensions(3alleg5)

                                      al_get_font_line_height(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual()