.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH text_length 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
text_length \- Returns the length of a string in pixels. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B int text_length(const FONT *f, const char *str);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns the length (in pixels) of a string in the specified font. Example:

.nf
   int width = text_length(font, "I love spam");
   ...
   bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR text_height (3alleg4),
.BR ex12bit (3alleg4),
.BR exmidi (3alleg4),
.BR expat (3alleg4),
.BR exunicod (3alleg4)