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al_get_font_line_height(3)                          al_get_font_line_height(3)

NAME
       al_get_font_line_height - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS

              #include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

              int al_get_font_line_height(const ALLEGRO_FONT *f)

DESCRIPTION
       Returns the usual height of a line of text in the specified font.  For
       bitmap fonts this is simply the height of all glyph bitmaps.  For
       truetype fonts it is whatever the font file specifies.  In particular,
       some special glyphs may be higher than the height returned here.

       If the X is the position you specify to draw text, the meaning of
       ascent and descent and the line height is like in the figure below.

              X------------------------
                  /\         |        |
                 /  \        |        |
                /____\       ascent   |
               /      \      |        |
              /        \     |        height
              ----------------        |
                             |        |
                             descent  |
                             |        |
              -------------------------

SEE ALSO
       al_get_text_width(3), al_get_text_dimensions(3)

Allegro reference manual                            al_get_font_line_height(3)