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.TH "al_draw_text" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
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.SH NAME
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al_draw_text \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
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\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

void\ al_draw_text(const\ ALLEGRO_FONT\ *font,
\ \ \ ALLEGRO_COLOR\ color,\ float\ x,\ float\ y,\ int\ flags,
\ \ \ char\ const\ *text)\ 
\f[]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Writes the NUL\-terminated string \f[C]text\f[] onto the target bitmap
at position \f[C]x\f[], \f[C]y\f[], using the specified \f[C]font\f[].
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The \f[C]flags\f[] parameter can be 0 or one of the following flags:
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ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT \- Draw the text left\-aligned (same as 0).
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ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE \- Draw the text centered around the given
position.
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ALLEGRO_ALIGN_RIGHT \- Draw the text right\-aligned to the given
position.
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It can also be combined with this flag:
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ALLEGRO_ALIGN_INTEGER \- Always draw text aligned to an integer pixel
position.
This was formerly the default behaviour.
Since: 5.0.8, 5.1.4
.PP
This function does not support newline characters (\f[C]\\n\f[]), but
you can use al_draw_multiline_text(3alleg5) for multi line text output.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_draw_ustr(3alleg5), al_draw_textf(3alleg5),
al_draw_justified_text(3alleg5), al_draw_multiline_text(3alleg5).