Font Rendering

OpenGL OpenGL: Advanced Coding
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What are the font rendering options available to OpenGL versions where the specification deprecates Display Lists, which are the base for the wglUseFont*** business?

FTGL library could be an option, but is it easily modifiable to use VBOs and GLSL rendering path?

I’m asking because OpenGL is mainly aimed at CAD applications which requires a lot of text rendering to 3D viewports.

Thanks.

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What are the font rendering options available to OpenGL versions where the specification deprecates Display Lists, which are the base for the wglUseFont*** business?

Anything that doesn’t use display lists. So these could just be buffer objects of geometry data or locations in one or more textures.

Or alternatively, you can just create a compatibility context and use display lists. After all, nobody’s making you use a core context.