Yes, they use the same code. At the end, freetype is doing the rendering of text so it may be possible to write a pure OpenGL program that reproduces the effort but it would probably be not easy.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Andrew Lofthouse <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/21/2009 09:50 AM, Berk Geveci wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, there are a lot classes involved in the rendering of >> text in VTK. The >> code that actually renders the text in question is in >> VTK/Rendering/vtkOpenGLFreeTypeTextMapper.cxx. Look at the >> RenderOverlay method. Looking at the code, it looks like the main text >> rendering is done by FTFont, which I am guessing is part of the >> freetype library. >> > > Do both the legend labels and the cell/point labels use this method? > > It looks like the code defines a binding between freetype and GL -- which > would explain the Mesa part. > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
