---
name: "text_length"
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_length"
---

# text\_length(3alleg)

Returns the length of a string in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

## NAME

text\_length - Returns the length of a string in pixels. Allegro game programming library.

## SYNOPSIS

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

**int text\_length(const FONT \*f, const char \*str);**

## DESCRIPTION

Returns the length (in pixels) of a string in the specified font. Example:

```
   int width = text_length(font, "I love spam");
   ...
   bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);
```

## SEE ALSO

[**text\_height**(3alleg)](/text_height/3alleg.md), [**ex12bit**(3alleg)](/ex12bit/3alleg.md), [**exmidi**(3alleg)](/exmidi/3alleg.md), [**expat**(3alleg)](/expat/3alleg.md), [**exunicod**(3alleg)](/exunicod/3alleg.md)