glutStrokeCharacter(3GLUT) GLUT glutStrokeCharacter(3GLUT)

NAME
glutStrokeCharacter - renders a stroke character using
OpenGL.

SYNTAX
void glutStrokeCharacter(void *font, int character);

ARGUMENTS
font Stroke font to use.

character Character to render (not confined to 8 bits).

DESCRIPTION
Without using any display lists, glutStrokeCharacter ren-
ders the character in the named stroke font. The available
fonts are:

GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN
A proportionally spaced Roman Simplex font for
ASCII characters 32 through 127. The maximum top
character in the font is 119.05 units; the bottom
descends 33.33 units.

GLUT_STROKE_MONO_ROMAN
A mono-spaced spaced Roman Simplex font (same
characters as GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN) for ASCII charac-
ters 32 through 127. The maximum top character in
the font is 119.05 units; the bottom descends
33.33 units. Each character is 104.76 units wide.

Rendering a nonexistent character has no effect. A
glTranslatef is used to translate the current model view
matrix to advance the width of the character.

EXAMPLE
Here is a routine that shows how to render a string of
ASCII text with glutStrokeCharacter:

void
output(GLfloat x, GLfloat y, char *text)
{
char *p;

glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(x, y, 0);
for (p = text; *p; p++)
glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, *p);
glPopMatrix();
}

If you want to draw stroke font text using wide,
antialiased lines, use:

glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
glEnable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);
glLineWidth(2.0);
output(200, 225, "This is antialiased.");

SEE ALSO
glutBitmapCharacter, glutStrokeWidth

AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@sgi.com)

GLUT 3.2 2