NAME¶

TTF_OpenFontWithProperties - Create a font with the specified properties.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

TTF_Font * TTF_OpenFontWithProperties(SDL_PropertiesID props);


#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_FILENAME_STRING            SDL_ttf.font.create.filename"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_POINTER           SDL_ttf.font.create.iostream"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_OFFSET_NUMBER     SDL_ttf.font.create.iostream.offset"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_AUTOCLOSE_BOOLEAN SDL_ttf.font.create.iostream.autoclose"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_SIZE_FLOAT                 SDL_ttf.font.create.size"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_FACE_NUMBER                SDL_ttf.font.create.face"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_HORIZONTAL_DPI_NUMBER      SDL_ttf.font.create.hdpi"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_VERTICAL_DPI_NUMBER        SDL_ttf.font.create.vdpi"
#define TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_EXISTING_FONT              SDL_ttf.font.create.existing_font"

DESCRIPTION¶

These are the supported properties:

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_FILENAME_STRING :
the font file to open, if an SDL_IOStream isn't being used. This is
required if

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_POINTER and

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_EXISTING_FONT aren't set.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_POINTER :
an SDL_IOStream containing the font to be opened. This should not be
closed until the font is closed. This is required if

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_FILENAME_STRING and

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_EXISTING_FONT aren't set.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_OFFSET_NUMBER :
the offset in the iostream for the beginning of the font, defaults to 0.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_IOSTREAM_AUTOCLOSE_BOOLEAN :
true if closing the font should also close the associated SDL_IOStream.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_SIZE_FLOAT : the
point size of the font. Some .fon fonts will have several sizes embedded
in the file, so the point size becomes the index of choosing which size.
If the value is too high, the last indexed size will be the default.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_FACE_NUMBER :
the face index of the font, if the font contains multiple font faces.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_HORIZONTAL_DPI_NUMBER :
the horizontal DPI to use for font rendering, defaults to

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_VERTICAL_DPI_NUMBER if set, or 72 otherwise.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_VERTICAL_DPI_NUMBER :
the vertical DPI to use for font rendering, defaults to

TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_HORIZONTAL_DPI_NUMBER if set, or 72 otherwise.

• TTF_PROP_FONT_CREATE_EXISTING_FONT :
an optional TTF_Font
that, if set, will be used as the font
data source and the initial size and style of the new font.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

props

the properties to use.

RETURN VALUE¶

( TTF_Font
*) Returns a valid TTF_Font , or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), TTF_CloseFont(3)