glutBitmapString (3) Linux Manual Page

glutBitmapString – Draw a string of bitmapped characters

Library

OpenGLUT – bitmapfont

Synopsis

In openglut.h Ft void Fn glutBitmapString void *font const unsigned char *string

Parameters

Bf Em
 font Ef
    A bitmapped font identifier.

Bf Em
 string Ef
  A NUL-terminated ASCII string.

Description

Draw a Bf Sy
 string Ef
 the current OpenGL raster position using a bitmapped Bf Sy
 font. Ef
  The raster position is advanced by the width of the string.

The starting raster position is used as the left margin for multi-line strings. Each newline character repositions the raster position at the beginning of the next line.

Nothing is drawn, and the raster position is unaffected when either:
 –  Bf Sy
 font Ef
 is not a valid OpenGLUT bitmap font
 –  Bf Sy
 string Ef
 is an empty string or NULL pointer
 – The current OpenGL raster position is invalid

See Also

glRasterPos(3) glutBitmapCharacter(3)