GLUTBITMAPHEIGHT
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NAME
glutBitmapHeight
 - Return the height of a given font, in pixels.
 
LIBRARY
OpenGLUT - bitmapfont
 
SYNOPSIS
In openglut.h
Ft int
Fn glutBitmapHeight void *font
 
PARAMETERS
Bf Em
 font
Ef 
    A bitmapped font identifier.
 
DESCRIPTION
Return the line-to-line vertical spacing (in pixels)
between lines of a bitmapped 
Bf Sy
 font.
Ef 
 
Returns 0 if 
Bf Sy
 font
Ef 
 is invalid.
 
CAVEATS
Does 
Bf Li
 not
Ef 
  report the height used by individual characters.  This may limit its usefulness.  (Compare with other font-metric queries.)
 
TODO
We have discussed adding a "font descender" query. We should go ahead and do it.
 
SEE ALSO
glutBitmapCharacter(3)
glutBitmapString(3)
glutBitmapWidth(3)
glutBitmapLength(3)
glutStrokeHeight(3)