Re: [Freetype] Needed Size for Text String

[Brian Stell]

Matthias Bargmann wrote:
> ...
> Is it possible to find out the needed size for a text String BEFORE 
> rendering it? I found something like this in the faq, but there was 
> no answer!?

Yes and no. To find a glyph's size (or set of glyphs' size) one
will need to open the font, set the size, get the glyph. Actually
rendering (producing the bitmap) is not required.

See the discussion in the tutorial:
 
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html

To see the example code search for "DO NOT RENDER IT".

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