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Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by BLades March 21, 2006 12:03 AM

1 comment, last by oggialli 18 years, 1 month ago

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March 21, 2006 12:03 AM

How would I display an FPS counter in the top right corner of my screen? What is the code or function for displaying text on the screen? Sorry for the newb question.

Omega147

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March 21, 2006 12:12 AM

Try here: NeHe - in particular, lessons 13 and 14 which talk about bitmap fonts.

You could also try switching to an orthographic projection and then displaying the text in that mode (orthographic is 2-dimensional), which I think those tutorials do anyway, but oh well...

Urban Space Squirrels

oggialli

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March 21, 2006 12:13 AM

Try glutBitmapCharacter if you're using GLUT (google). However, if you ever need more printing than that, go for something like FTGL.

Olli Salli