glutBitmapCharacter  -  renders  a  bitmap character using
OpenGL.

glutBitmapCharacter
	glutBitmapCharacter(font, character) -> None

void glutBitmapCharacter(void *font, int character);

font      Bitmap font to use.

character Character to render (not confined to 8 bits).

Without using any display lists, glutBitmapCharacter  ren-
ders the character in the named bitmap font. The available
fonts are:

GLUT_BITMAP_8_BY_13
        A fixed width font with every character fitting in
        an  8  by 13 pixel rectangle. The exact bitmaps to
        be used is defined by the standard X glyph bitmaps
        for the X font named:

        -misc-fixed-medium-r-nor-
        mal--13-120-75-75-C-80-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_9_BY_15
        A fixed width font with every character fitting in
        an  9  by 15 pixel rectangle. The exact bitmaps to
        be used is defined by the standard X glyph bitmaps
        for the X font named:

        -misc-fixed-medium-r-nor-
        mal--15-140-75-75-C-90-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_10
        A 10-point proportional spaced Times  Roman  font.
        The  exact  bitmaps  to  be used is defined by the
        standard X glyph bitmaps for the X font named:

        -adobe-times-medium-r-nor-
        mal--10-100-75-75-p-54-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24
        A  24-point  proportional spaced Times Roman font.
        The exact bitmaps to be used  is  defined  by  the
        standard X glyph bitmaps for the X font named:

        -adobe-times-medium-r-nor-
        mal--24-240-75-75-p-124-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_HELVETICA_10
        A 10-point proportional spaced Helvetica font. The
        exact  bitmaps  to be used is defined by the stan-
        dard X glyph bitmaps for the X font named:

        -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-nor-
        mal--10-100-75-75-p-56-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_HELVETICA_12
        A 12-point proportional spaced Helvetica font. The
        exact bitmaps to be used is defined by  the  stan-
        dard X glyph bitmaps for the X font named:

        -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-nor-
        mal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1

GLUT_BITMAP_HELVETICA_18
        A 18-point proportional spaced Helvetica font. The
        exact  bitmaps  to be used is defined by the stan-
        dard X glyph bitmaps for the X font named:

        -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-nor-
        mal--18-180-75-75-p-98-iso8859-1

Rendering  a  nonexistent  character has no effect.  glut-
BitmapCharacter automatically sets the OpenGL unpack pixel
storage   modes  it  needs  appropriately  and  saves  and
restores the previous modes before returning.  The  gener-
ated call to glBitmap will adjust the current raster posi-
tion based on the width of the character.

Here is a routine that shows how to  render  a  string  of
ASCII text with glutBitmapCharacter:

  void
  output(int x, int y, char *string)
  {
    int len, i;

    glRasterPos2f(x, y);
    len = (int) strlen(string);
    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_HELVETICA_18, string[i]);
    }
  }

glutBitmapWidth, glutStrokeCharacter

Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)