(This function is part of SDL_ttf, a separate library from SDL.)

TTF_TextEngine

A text engine used to create text objects.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h>

Syntax

typedef struct TTF_TextEngine TTF_TextEngine;

Remarks

This is a public interface that can be used by applications and libraries to perform customize rendering with text objects. See <SDL3_ttf/SDL_textengine.h> for details.

There are three text engines provided with the library:

• Drawing to an SDL_Surface, created with TTF_CreateSurfaceTextEngine()
• Drawing with an SDL 2D renderer, created with TTF_CreateRendererTextEngine()
• Drawing with the SDL GPU API, created with TTF_CreateGPUTextEngine()

Version

This struct is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIDatatype, CategorySDLTTF