Text in OpenGL?

[GMX]

What's the easiest way to use text in OpenGL?

 

[timmay3141]

I think you can use glut to do it. If you aren't using glut, you can probably get someone else's code that does it, or write your own code to do it using textured quads. I don't think OGL itself has anything built in for text. That's one of the few things about D3D that I like better than OGL.

 

[Kalisto]

Use Bit Mapped fonts and a display list.

Theres a good tutorial on NeHe's website (in fact if you are learning OGL, bookmark that site. The code isn't always the most optimised or elegant, but it explains well and has examples on nearly everything

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