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.TH glutBitmapWidth 3 "April 2025" "freeglut" "freeglut"
.SH NAME
glutBitmapWidth - returns the width of a bitmap character.
.br
glutBitmapLength returns the length of a bitmap font string.
.SH SYNTAX
.nf
.LP
int glutBitmapWidth(void *font, int character)
int glutBitmapLength(void *font, const unsigned char *string)
.fi
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP \fIfont\fP 1i
Bitmap font to use.  For valid values, see the
glutBitmapCharacter description.
.IP \fIcharacter\fP 1i
Character to return width of (not confined to 8 bits).
.IP \fIstring\fP 1i
Text string (8-bit characters), nul terminated.
.SH DESCRIPTION
glutBitmapWidth returns the width in pixels of a bitmap character in
a supported bitmap font. While the width of characters in a font may vary
(though fixed width fonts do not vary), the maximum height
characteristics of a particular font are fixed.

glutBitmapLength returns the length in pixels of a string (8-bit
characters).  This length is equivalent to summing all the widths
returned by glutBitmapWidth for each character in the string.
.SH SEE ALSO
glutBitmapCharacter, glutStrokeWidth
.SH AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)