---
name: "text_height"
section: "3alleg"
platform: "linux"
package: "liballegro-doc"
version: "2:4.2.2-2.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/text_height"
---

# text\_height(3alleg)

Returns the height of a font in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

## NAME

text\_height - Returns the height of a font in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<allegro.h\>**

**int text\_height(const FONT \*f)**

## DESCRIPTION

Returns the height (in pixels) of the specified font. Example:

```
   int height = text_height(font);
   ...
   bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);
```

## SEE ALSO

[**text\_length**(3alleg)](/text_length/3alleg.md), [**ex12bit**(3alleg)](/ex12bit/3alleg.md), [**exmidi**(3alleg)](/exmidi/3alleg.md), [**expackf**(3alleg)](/expackf/3alleg.md), [**expat**(3alleg)](/expat/3alleg.md), [**exsprite**(3alleg)](/exsprite/3alleg.md), [**exsyscur**(3alleg)](/exsyscur/3alleg.md), [**exunicod**(3alleg)](/exunicod/3alleg.md)