Hello Bricks

What

Text rendering with OpenGL

Who

Sergey Yanenko

Why

Homework for "Bricks" project

When

01/2021

How

This way: Easy Scalable Text Rendering on the GPU (but without quadratic smooth and anti-aliasing yet), with a help of FreeType.

Running from pre-built binaries

1. Clone this repository

2. Run:

.\RUN_ME.bat

3. Usage:

HelloBricks [-h][-t <text>[-f [<font>]] 
-h: Show this help
-t: Text to render
-f: Font to use ('fonts/times.ttf' by default)

Compiling from sources

1. Open HelloBricks.sln from MS Visual Studio 2017 or later
2. Build solution
3. Run: Ctrl+F5

Control

Keys	Actions
+/-	Zooms in/out
Arrows	Pan
Enter	Set default views
Esc	Exit

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