.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.1.11.1 .\" .TH "al_get_text_dimensions" "3" "" "Allegro reference manual" "" .SH NAME al_get_text_dimensions \- Allegro 5 API .SH SYNOPSIS .IP .EX #include void al_get_text_dimensions(const ALLEGRO_FONT *f, char const *text, int *bbx, int *bby, int *bbw, int *bbh) .EE .SH DESCRIPTION Sometimes, the al_get_text_width(3) and al_get_font_line_height(3) functions are not enough for exact text placement, so this function returns some additional information. .PP Returned variables (all in pixels): .IP \[bu] 2 x, y \- Offset to upper left corner of bounding box. .IP \[bu] 2 w, h \- Dimensions of bounding box. .PP Note that glyphs may go to the left and upwards of the X, in which case x and y will have negative values. .SH SEE ALSO al_get_text_width(3), al_get_font_line_height(3), al_get_ustr_dimensions(3)