glutBitmapWidth
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## Name

glutBitmapWidth, glutBitmapLength — returns the width/length of a bitmap character/string.

## C Specification

`int `glutBitmapWidth`` | `(` | `void *`font`, int `character`);`
`int `glutBitmapLength`` | `(` | `void *`font`, const unsigned char *`string`);`

## Python Specification

``glutBitmapWidth`` | `(` | ``font`, `character`) → `None``
``glutBitmapLength`` | `(` | ``font`, `string`) → `None``

## Parameters

`font`
  Bitmap font to use. For valid values, see the `glutBitmapCharacter` description.
`character`
  Character to return width of (not confined to 8 bits).
`string`
  Text string (8-bit characters), nul terminated.

## Description

`glutBitmapWidth` returns the width in pixels of a bitmap character in a supported bitmap font. While the width of characters in a font may vary (though fixed width fonts do not vary), the maximum height characteristics of a particular font are fixed.

`glutBitmapLength` returns the length in pixels of a string (8-bit characters). This length is equivalent to summing all the widths returned by glutBitmapWidth for each character in the string.

## See Also

glutBitmapCharacter, glutStrokeWidth

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