[SDL] rendering text

[Anders Vind Ebbesen]

I think you'll get the answer here (on how to position the text):  
http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson07/index.php

That example doesn't use OpenGL, but why would one use OpenGL to  
render ordinary text?

Best regards,

Anders Vind Ebbesen
Coder & Cow

On Apr 18, 2007, at 5:36 PM, Engin Çalar wrote:

> ok thnks for your reply,but>>>
> lets say that i used the actual screen to render the text,but where  
> to render it?how to position?
> can someone give a tiny example that includes sdl&opengl  and  
> displays some text?
> thnks in advance
>
>
> 2007/4/16, Phantom Lord <thephantomlord at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> If the TTF_Render... functions of the SDL_ttf api asks for a  
> SDL_Surface* argument...you could pass the actual screen. Anyway,  
> SDL always uses a SDL_Surface for displaying something on screen (I  
> dont know if it is inited using SDL_OPENGL, but AFAIK...no).
>
> C ya
>