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I've been trying to draw a text to the display using Slick. However, when ever I draw the TrueTypeFont to the screen, it draws it reversed upside down and also, it makes the whole display turn black.

This is only a piece of the entire game code, I think this is enough to explain the problem though. I'm new to LWJGL and Slick so this is probably a stupid question.

public Game(String name, int width, int height) { this.name = name; this.width = width; this.height = height; try { Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(width, height)); Display.setTitle(name + " " + version); Display.setResizable(true); Display.create(); } catch (LWJGLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); Display.destroy(); return; } TrueTypeFont font; Font awtFont = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 24); font = new TrueTypeFont(awtFont, false); Player player = new Player(this, 32, 32); glEnable(GL_BLEND); glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); while(!Display.isCloseRequested()) { glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); glLoadIdentity(); glOrtho(0, width, 0, height, -1, 1); glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); glLoadIdentity(); drawBackground(); player.update(); player.draw(); font.drawString(50, 50, "Platform"); Display.update(); Display.sync(60); } Display.destroy(); }

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Edit: After doing what @Katu said, I changed glOrtho(0, width, 0, height, -1, 1); to glOrtho(0, width, height, 0, -1, 1);. The text is not reversed upside down, but the black screen is still there.

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The screen should look something like this. (NOTE: It's an edited image)

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glOrtho(0, width, 0, height, -1, 1);

To this:

glOrtho(0, width, height, 0, -1, 1);

A quick little understanding about why your font wasn't working (if you don't already know), glOrtho is called like this:

glOrtho(double left, double right, double bottom, double top, double zNear, double zFar).

This being said, you had the bottom set to 0 where it should have been set to the display's height or a custom bottom if necessary and that is the reason why the text was facing the top of the screen or rather, being drawn up-side down.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks, that solved the main problem. Now it's showing a black screen with a text saying "Platform" when it's suppose to draw the player, the background, and the text. Here's a screenshot. \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 27, 2015 at 16:03
  • \$\begingroup\$ @VicenteBermúdez Test if this helps -> glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); ( Add it to near glEnable(GL_BLEND); ) \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 27, 2015 at 16:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ I tried that and it's still remains the same. It should look something like this \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 27, 2015 at 16:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ @VicenteBermúdez Then try glBindTexture (GL_TEXTURE_2D,0) If this wont work, I'm out of bullets \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 27, 2015 at 18:20
  • \$\begingroup\$ That makes it draw a white rectangle instead of a text. The background and player is working now but the text isn't. Thanks though :) \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 27, 2015 at 18:44

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