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10.2 glutBitmapWidth

  glutBitmapWidth returns the width of a bitmap character.

Usage

int glutBitmapWidth(GLUTbitmapFont font, int character)
font
Bitmap font to use.
character
Character to return width of (not confined to 8 bits).

Description

  glutBitmapWidth returns the width in pixels of a bitmap character in a supported bitmap font. While the width of characters in a font may vary (though fixed width fonts do not vary), the maximum height characteristics of a particular font are fixed.



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Mark Kilgard
Fri Feb 23 08:05:02 PST 1996