C++ Game Project - 1 - Rendering Fonts

Figured out how to render fonts using FreeType and OpenGL.

OpenGL, C++ and FreeType

Learning Points:

• Orthographic projections and the device coordinate system.
• Font metrics and FreeType library.
• Resource Pools and Factory designs.
• GLM library.

References:

1. https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html
2. https://open.gl/
3. https://learnopengl.com/In-Practice/Text-Rendering