I've got a game running and I wanted to output some text on top of what is going on.
I know I cant simply just use cout so how would I output text in SDL? Would it be the using SDL_TTF? Is that the only way?
Typing Text in SDL
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Re: Typing Text in SDL
Google is your friend 
But anyway, here you go: http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson07/index.php
This site is pretty good for learing SDL!
But anyway, here you go: http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson07/index.php
This site is pretty good for learing SDL!
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Re: Typing Text in SDL
Short of creating your own bitmap font, yes. That's pretty much the standard font library for SDL.xx6heartless6xx wrote:I know I cant simply just use cout so how would I output text in SDL? Would it be the using SDL_TTF? Is that the only way?
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