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.TH TTF_Init 3 "SDL_ttf 3.0.0" "SDL_ttf" "SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
TTF_Init \- Initialize SDL_ttf\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "int TTF_Init(void);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
You must successfully call this function before it is safe to call any
other function in this library, with one exception: a human-readable error
message can be retrieved from 
.BR TTF_GetError
() if this
function fails\[char46]

SDL must be initialized before calls to functions in this library, because
this library uses utility functions from the SDL library\[char46]

It is safe to call this more than once; the library keeps a counter of init
calls, and decrements it on each call to 
.BR TTF_Quit
, so you must
pair your init and quit calls\[char46]

.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 on success, -1 on error\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL_ttf 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR TTF_Quit (3)