GLUTBITMAPSTRING

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NAME

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)