Re: Text inside a billboard

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Mario Veraart (rioj7++at++fel.tno.nl)
Thu, 10 Oct 1996 12:41:26 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi Curt,

> Is there a way to put text (pfText or pfString) in/on a billboard?
>
> By doing this, I believe that the text will always be oriented properly for viewing. Is this true?
> I guess I could load a textured representation of the string. I have found very little in the way of
> examples relating to billboards. How does a texture get mapped onto a billboard? Any help here would be
> greatly appreciated.

Have you looked at the pfSprite objects.

Mario
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