text via quake 2 in OGL
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I found some tut´s talking about text output in OGL (HeNe ...) but how does qukae 2 or 3 handle textoutput platform independant?Furthermore quake´s text looks always better than a font of WinX created with the wgl function. Does anybody know a good tut about that???
It uses GL_QUADS with a font texture mapped onto them.
Nate Millers site has a library that does this:
http://nate.scuzzy.net
Paul Groves
pauls opengl page
Nate Millers site has a library that does this:
http://nate.scuzzy.net
Paul Groves
pauls opengl page
Yes, for display you should look into using gl_quads in an orthographic projection...There''s a lot of information on doing this on the web, and in these forums...As far as for making the text itself, there are some font libraries around (freetype is a good one) that will take fonts (TrueType fonts in freetype''s case) and given parameters (font size, style) will create bitmaps you can use in-game..
You can find freetype at www.freetype.org
You can find freetype at www.freetype.org
another nice one is here http://www.lmnopc.com/bitmapfontbuilder/index.htm
http://members.xoom.com/myBollux
http://members.xoom.com/myBollux
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