How to draw text using only OpenGL methods?

Question

I don\'t have the option to use but OpenGL methods (that is glxxx() methods). I need to draw text using gl methods only. After reading the red book, I understan

Answer 1

Drawing text in plain OpenGL isn't a straigth-forward task. You should probably have a look at libraries for doing this (either by using a library or as an example implementation).

Some good starting points could be GLFont, OpenGL Font Survey and NeHe Tutorial for Bitmap Fonts (Windows).

Note that bitmaps are not the only way of achieving text in OpenGL as mentioned in the font survey.