---
name: "glutBitmapWidth"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "freeglut"
version: "3.8.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glutBitmapWidth"
---

# glutBitmapWidth(3)

returns the width of a bitmap character. glutBitmapLength returns the length of a bitmap font string.

## NAME

glutBitmapWidth - returns the width of a bitmap character.\
 glutBitmapLength returns the length of a bitmap font string.

## SYNTAX

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```

int glutBitmapWidth(void \*font, int character) int glutBitmapLength(void \*font, const unsigned char \*string)

## ARGUMENTS

- *font*

  Bitmap font to use.  For valid values, see the glutBitmapCharacter description.

- *character*

  Character to return width of (not confined to 8 bits).

- *string*

  Text string (8-bit characters), nul terminated.

## 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.

glutBitmapLength returns the length in pixels of a string (8-bit characters).  This length is equivalent to summing all the widths returned by glutBitmapWidth for each character in the string.

## SEE ALSO

glutBitmapCharacter, glutStrokeWidth

## AUTHOR

Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)