hi Scott,
your problem is quite similar to what i had with image overlays. maybe
we should think about a way how to do 2d overlays.
there are a bit complicated workarounds a think, like using a second
camera with ortho and draw your text there using build-text or
build-type. it would be nice to have draw-text and draw-type for this
kind of quick displays also. another solution could be to use the
experimental fbo-pixels branch. render the text into a pixel
renderbuffer, than you can use build-image to display the pixels
texture. although transparency could be tricky there i'm afraid.
sorry if i was not very helpful.
best,
gabor
