Slick Util's TrueTypeFont is deprecated

[VikingBoyBilly]

Every tutorial and thread I've read about implementing text to the display through fonts seems to have been written before this deprecation occured.  When I look up Slick Util's TrueTypeFont class it says to use UnicodeFont instead, but the UnicodeFont class doesn't seem to exist with the libraries I have and there are no references to it.

Can somebody tell me what the current standard is for using fonts as far as lwjgl and opengl is concerned?

[kappa]

Even though TrueTypeFont is marked as depreciated it can still be used.

UnicodeFont isn't yet part of Slick-Util, so to use it you'll need to use the Slick2D Jar (slick.jar).

Basically its an issue for the Slick developers to fix, either they should un-depreciate TrueTypeFont or replace it with UnicodeFont in the Slick-Util package.

[CodeBunny]

Additionally, I would highly recommend using AngelCode bitmap fonts instead:

• They load much, much faster.
• You can ensure that all of your font gets contained on a single texture, which will cause rendering to be much faster.
• You can modify the font image in advance, in a program like gimp. This is actually really useful if you want a stylized font (texture on the lettering, edging, blur, etc).

An example of a modified font image: