# SDL\_TTF: No function for checking scalable fonts ( Repeating again )

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-ttf-no-function-for-checking-scalable-fonts-repeating-again/15061>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-ttf-no-function-for-checking-scalable-fonts-repeating-again/15061 "2008-01-02T07:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ganesh\_Kundapur](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@Ganesh\_Kundapur](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Ganesh_Kundapur)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-ttf-no-function-for-checking-scalable-fonts-repeating-again/15061/1 "2008-01-02T07:06:34Z")

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Hi,  
There’s no function to check for whether the font is scalable or not in  
SDL\_ttf. I feel its better to have a function for checking the scalability  
of the font as below.

int TTF\_FontFaceIsScalable ( const TTF\_Font \*font )  
{  
return (FT\_IS\_SCALABLE ( font-\>face ) );  
}–  
Ganesh