# Fonts?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/fonts/142>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [July 24, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/fonts/142 "2004-07-24T00:00:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/fonts/142/1 "2004-07-24T00:00:58Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Saturday, July 24, 2004](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/c30ea4a5/#b2e6):

Will we be seeing the addition of font support like GLUT has in any of the future releases? It would certainly help a great deal - as it is, the easiest choice for me is GLUT, but I’d like to use just one window-interfacing library at a time if I can manage it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/fonts/142/2 "2004-07-24T10:53:59Z")

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**[marcus256](https://sourceforge.net/u/marcus256/)** wrote on [Saturday, July 24, 2004](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/c30ea4a5/#b2e6/2931):

No. See the FAQ on the GLFW web page, and the links to font toolkits. You are much better off with a “real” font toolkit than with the mediocre GLUT solution. I myself have used GLF from time to time (it’s very easy to use, and provides 3D fonts). Unfortunately it is not freely available anymore, afaik, but there are many other, and better, free font toolktis available.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/fonts/142/3 "2004-09-07T19:59:25Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Tuesday, September 07, 2004](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/c30ea4a5/#b2e6/15a4):

Best font toolkit that I have seen in action, compiled, and actually gotten to display text with a couple of compilers is FTGL, ([http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/henryj/code/](http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/henryj/code/)). To see it in action in a game, check out Puzzle Bobble, ([http://homepage.mac.com/eric.lee/puzzle/](http://homepage.mac.com/eric.lee/puzzle/)).