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    | GLUTBITMAPHEIGHT(3) | Library Functions Manual (local) | GLUTBITMAPHEIGHT(3) | 
NAME¶
glutBitmapHeight —
    Return the height of a given font, in pixels.
LIBRARY¶
OpenGLUT - bitmapfont
SYNOPSIS¶
#include
    <openglut.h>
int
  
  glutBitmapHeight(void
    *font);
PARAMETERS¶
font
A bitmapped font identifier.
DESCRIPTION¶
Return the line-to-line vertical spacing (in pixels) between lines of a bitmapped
font.
Returns 0 if
font
is invalid.
CAVEATS¶
Does
not
report the height used by individual characters. This may limit its usefulness. (Compare with other font-metric queries.)
TODO¶
We have discussed adding a "font descender" query. We should go ahead and do it.
SEE ALSO¶
glutBitmapCharacter(3) glutBitmapString(3) glutBitmapWidth(3) glutBitmapLength(3) glutStrokeHeight(3)