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I just starting shifting from Allegro to SDL, and I know you can use the SDL_ttf lib to print true type fonts to the screen, but does SDL have any functions to render text natively, I mean without the extra libs?

No.

Natively, SDL lacks quite a bit. You may want to try your hand at SFML, which supports most of the things natively that SDL itself does not.

(Note: I have never personally used SFML... I guess I'm just an SDL fanboy haha)

Donutslayer7 wrote:I just starting shifting from Allegro to SDL, and I know you can use the SDL_ttf lib to print true type fonts to the screen, but does SDL have any functions to render text natively, I mean without the extra libs?

sorta... take a look at this page.

Basically, you can do bitmap fonts, but if you want a truetype font, you'd want to use SDL_ttf.