Rendering text in C

text.c

// Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/22889483 with some modifications
TTF_Init();
//this opens a font style and sets a size
TTF_Font *Sans = TTF_OpenFont("Sans.ttf", 24);

// this is the color in rgb format,
// maxing out all would give you the color white,
// and it will be your text's color
SDL_Color White = {255, 255, 255};

// as TTF_RenderText_Solid could only be used on
// SDL_Surface then you have to create the surface first
SDL_Surface *surfaceMessage =
    TTF_RenderText_Solid(Sans, "put your text here", White); 

// now you can convert it into a texture
SDL_Texture *Message = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, surfaceMessage);

SDL_Rect *Message_rect = malloc(sizeof(SDL_Rect)); //create a rect
Message_rect->x = 0;  //controls the rect's x coordinate 
Message_rect->y = 0; // controls the rect's y coordinte
Message_rect->w = 100; // controls the width of the rect
Message_rect->h = 100; // controls the height of the rect

// (0,0) is on the top left of the window/screen,
// think a rect as the text's box,
// that way it would be very simple to understand

// Now since it's a texture, you have to put RenderCopy
// in your game loop area, the area where the whole code executes

// you put the renderer's name first, the Message,
// the crop size (you can ignore this if you don't want
// to dabble with cropping), and the rect which is the size
// and coordinate of your texture
SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, Message, NULL, Message_rect);

// Don't forget to free your surface and texture
SDL_FreeSurface(surfaceMessage);
SDL_DestroyTexture(Message);
free(Message_rect);