2D font library
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I want to use 2D font, like the windows bitmap font, but with which I can specify the character width and height (fixed width and height fonts) in pixels, or somehow get this information.
I have tried glfont, but this is not what I am looking for as it uses the opengl coordinate system and not pixels.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I've just found this incase anyone else has had the same problem. Though if you know of something that isn't on that list and is good, please do tell ;)
You can always write wrapper so that those units are transformed to pixels... or use such OGL coordinate system where each unit == pixel...
Or use SDL_TTF (like here: clicky).
void SC :: Renderer :: Enter2DMode() { glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); glLoadIdentity(); /* Inits orthographical projection. In this mode, screen looks like this: (0,0) is left down corner of screen (screenWidth-1, screenHeight-1) is upper right corner of screen */ glOrtho (0, screenWidth, 0, screenHeight, 0, -100); // it must be called for MODELVIEW glMatrixMode( GL_PROJECTION ); glLoadIdentity(); }Or use SDL_TTF (like here: clicky).
edit: me slow, Koshmaar beat me to it (actually I'm fairly certain you need to call xxOrtho() in GL_PROJECTION mode but I may be wrong).
You can make the OpenGL coordinate system correspond to pixels by switching to ortho mode with the appropriate settings:
You can make the OpenGL coordinate system correspond to pixels by switching to ortho mode with the appropriate settings:
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);glLoadIdentity();gluOrtho2D(0, SCREEN_WIDTH, 0, SCREEN_HEIGHT);// make sure to set back to modelview before drawing stuff
Heh, you were only half a minute slower... :-)
Anyway, I've tried calling glOrtho for projection matrix and it didn't work. So, I've tried calling it for modelview, and it works... yes, for me it's illogical too. But I can't argue with what I see on screen :-/
Anyway, I've tried calling glOrtho for projection matrix and it didn't work. So, I've tried calling it for modelview, and it works... yes, for me it's illogical too. But I can't argue with what I see on screen :-/
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Has anyone used the glut font rendering? If so can you tell me how good it is, if you had any problems with it etc.
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