INT DrawText(          LPD3DXSPRITE pSprite,    LPCTSTR pString,    INT Count,    LPRECT pRect,    DWORD Format,    D3DCOLOR Color);

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Format
[in] Specifies the method of formatting the text. It can be any combination of the following values.
DT_BOTTOM
Justifies the text to the bottom of the rectangle. This value must be combined with DT_SINGLELINE.
DT_CALCRECT
Determines the width and height of the rectangle. If there are multiple lines of text, ID3DXFont::DrawText uses the width of the rectangle pointed to by the pRect parameter and extends the base of the rectangle to bound the last line of text. If there is only one line of text, ID3DXFont::DrawText modifies the right side of the rectangle so that it bounds the last character in the line. In either case, ID3DXFont::DrawText returns the height of the formatted text but does not draw the text.
DT_CENTER
Centers text horizontally in the rectangle.
DT_EXPANDTABS
Expands tab characters. The default number of characters per tab is eight.
DT_LEFT
Aligns text to the left.
DT_NOCLIP
Draws without clipping. ID3DXFont::DrawText is somewhat faster when DT_NOCLIP is used.
DT_RIGHT
Aligns text to the right.
DT_RTLREADING
Displays text in right-to-left reading order for bi-directional text when a Hebrew or Arabic font is selected. The default reading order for all text is left-to-right.
DT_SINGLELINE
Displays text on a single line only. Carriage returns and line feeds do not break the line.
DT_TOP
Top-justifies text.
DT_VCENTER
Centers text vertically (single line only).
DT_WORDBREAK
Breaks words. Lines are automatically broken between words if a word would extend past the edge of the rectangle specified by the pRect parameter. A carriage return/line feed sequence also breaks the line.

Quote:Original post by Mythar
Dose it matter if I pass NULL (as the Sprite parm) for this, as the text is not drawen (performance) ?