maxy metric to resolve the top
of the rectangle used when blitting the glyph on the screen.
Example:
- my ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $advance) = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, 'M') };
+ my ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $advance) = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, "\0M") };
$rect->y( $top + SDL::TTF::font_ascent($font) - $maxy );
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ the font.
It could be used when drawing an individual glyph relative to a bottom point, by combining it with the glyph's maxy metric to resolve the top
of the rectangle used when blitting the glyph on the screen.
Example:
- my ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $advance) = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, 'M') };
+ my ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $advance) = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, "\0M") };
$rect->y( $bottom - SDL::TTF::font_descent($font) - $maxy );
@@ -468,11 +468,29 @@ in the font is the same width, thus you can assume that a rendered string's widt
glyph_is_provided
+ my $glyph_is_provided = SDL::TTF::glyph_is_provided($font, $unicode_char);
+
+
+Get the status of the availability of the glyph from the loaded font.
+Returns: the index of the glyph in font, or 0 for an undefined character code.
+Note: You have to pass this unicode character either as UTF16/UCS-2 big endian without BOM, or with BOM as UTF16/UCS-2 big/little endian.
+Note: at least SDL_ttf 2.0.10 needed
+Example:
+ print("We have this char!\n") if SDL::TTF::glyph_is_provided($font, "\0M");
+
+
glyph_metrics
- my @glyph_metrics = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, 'M') };
+ my @glyph_metrics = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, $unicode_char) };
+
+
+Get desired glyph metrics of the UNICODE char from the loaded font.
+See also: The FreeType2 Documentation Tutorial
+Note: You have to pass this unicode character either as UTF16/UCS-2 big endian without BOM, or with BOM as UTF16/UCS-2 big/little endian.
+Example:
+ my ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $advance) = @{ SDL::TTF::glyph_metrics($font, "\0M") };