GLUTSTROKELENGTH(3)

NAME
glutStrokeLength - Returns model space width of a string in a given font.

LIBRARY
OpenGLUT - fonts

SYNOPSIS
#include <openglut.h>
float
glutStrokeLength(void *fontID, const unsigned char *string);

PARAMETERS

fontID A GLUT stroked font identifier.

string A C-style (NUL-terminated) string.

DESCRIPTION
This function reports the sum of the widths of the characters in a string, using the font metrics of a given font.

Like glutStrokeString(), glutStrokeLength() respects newlines in the input.

Returns 0 if: - The fontID is out of range. - The string is NULL.

- All characters in the string are zero-width.

CAVEATS
Refer to glutStrokeWidth() for notes on the nature of this function's return value, and for comparisons to old GLUT and freeglut.

SEE ALSO
glutStrokeString(3) glutStrokeWidth(3) glutStrokeHeight(3) glutBitmapLength(3)