text_length

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

Provided by: allegro4-doc (Version: 2:4.4.3.1-2)
Source: allegro4.4
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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(3alleg4), ex12bit(3alleg4), exmidi(3alleg4), expat(3alleg4), exunicod(3alleg4)