> > If this can be made to work, this might be a Good Thing for > the X11/XFT > > case, as we currently do not have a solid way of rendering XFT fonts > > into a GL context. > > FLTK 2 has code to draw antialiased fonts as textures in OpenGL. It > relies on FreeType but it could be altered to create the textures in > other ways on other platforms. > > I very much recommend this code be back-ported to the current > fltk 1 and > you can get rid of the need for xlib fonts entirely.
OK - I was not aware of the fltk2 version, so I had envisaged picking up on Manolo's OSX version (which also draws anti-aliased fonts as textures in GL...) and cobbling that up to work with XFT. Which does indeed save us from the need for Xlib fonts on XFT systems. (Though there still seems to be some latent demand for non-XFT versions, so we still need the support in that case...) I just wish I had the time to fix this, as it is somehting I could actually use...! SELEX Galileo Ltd Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132 ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ fltk-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk-dev
