OGLFT

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OGLFT

http://oglft.sourceforge.net/
Renders text in OpenGL programs

The OpenGL/FreeType2 Text Rendering Library (OGLFT) supplies an interface between a font and an OpenGL or Mesa application.It uses the FreeType library to read font faces from their files and renders text strings as OpenGL primitives. Characters can be rendered in a variety of ways, including as raster images, as tessellated polygons and as texture maps. Glyphs can be drawn individually or as a string, and can be rendered using UNICODE characters via the QString class (with Qt support). You can also combine several fonts together in one OGLFT Face to increase the coverage of UNICODE points or for other special effects. Strings can be rotated through any angle, and drawn right, centered or left justified. Additionally each character in a string can be rotated through a given angle.





Licensing

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License

LGPL

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Janet Casey

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12 July 2002




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Allen Barnett Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DeveloperMailing List Info/Archivehttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/oglft-devel


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to useOpen GL
Required to useMesa
Weak prerequisiteQt library (for rendering UNICODE characters)
Required to buildSGI GLU sample implementation (version 1.3)
Weak prerequisiteGLE library (for rendering solid characters)




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