chickadee » sdl2-ttf » render-utf8-blended*

Render the given UTF8 encoded text using "blended" rendering mode. See TTF_RenderUTF8_Blended.

• font must be a ttf:font specifying the font to render with.
• text must be a UTF8 encoded string specifying the text to render.
• fg must be a sdl2:color specifying the foreground color, i.e. the color of the text itself.

Returns a sdl2:surface containing the rendered text. Signals an exception of kind (exn sdl2) if an error occurred.

• render-utf8-blended returns a managed sdl2:surface.
• render-utf8-blended* returns an unmanaged sdl2:surface, which must be freed with free-surface! (from the sdl2 egg) when you are done with it.