---
name: "TTF_RenderText_LCD"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsdl3-ttf-doc"
version: "3.2.2+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TTF_RenderText_LCD"
---

# TTF\_RenderText\_LCD(3)

Render UTF-8 text at LCD subpixel quality to a new ARGB surface.

## NAME

TTF\_RenderText\_LCD - Render UTF-8 text at LCD subpixel quality to a new ARGB surface.

## HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3\_ttf/SDL\_ttf.h

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"
```

**SDL\_Surface \* TTF\_RenderText\_LCD(TTF\_Font \*font, const char \*text, size\_t length, SDL\_Color fg, SDL\_Color bg);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function will allocate a new 32-bit, ARGB surface, and render alpha-blended text using FreeType's LCD subpixel rendering. This function returns the new surface, or NULL if there was an error.

This will not word-wrap the string; you'll get a surface with a single line of text, as long as the string requires. You can use

**TTF\_RenderText\_LCD\_Wrapped** () instead if you need to wrap the output to multiple lines.

This will not wrap on newline characters.

You can render at other quality levels with

**TTF\_RenderText\_Solid** ,

**TTF\_RenderText\_Shaded** , and

**TTF\_RenderText\_Blended** .

## FUNCTION PARAMETERS

- *font*

  the font to render with.

- *text*

  text to render, in UTF-8 encoding.

- *length*

  the length of the text, in bytes, or 0 for null terminated text.

- *fg*

  the foreground color for the text.

- *bg*

  the background color for the text.

## RETURN VALUE

Returns a new 32-bit, ARGB surface, or NULL if there was an error.

## THREAD SAFETY

This function should be called on the thread that created the font.

## AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL\_ttf 3.0.0.

## SEE ALSO

**•**(3), [**TTF\_RenderText\_Blended**(3)](/TTF_RenderText_Blended/3.md), **•**(3), [**TTF\_RenderText\_LCD\_Wrapped**(3)](/TTF_RenderText_LCD_Wrapped/3.md), **•**(3), [**TTF\_RenderText\_Shaded**(3)](/TTF_RenderText_Shaded/3.md), **•**(3), [**TTF\_RenderText\_Solid**(3)](/TTF_RenderText_Solid/3.md)