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AlphaBlendedSurface = SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha(LoadedImage);

void DrawText(char *text, TTF_Font *font, SDL_Color color,int x, int y)
{
    SDL_Surface *srcSurface;
    SDL_Surface *destSurface;
    GLuint texture;
    int w, h;

    srcSurface = TTF_RenderUTF8_Blended(font,text, color);

/* Convert the rendered text to a known format */
w = Math.nextpoweroftwo(srcSurface.w);
h = Math.nextpoweroftwo(srcSurface.h);

destSurface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, w, h, 32,
0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000);

    SDL_BlitSurface(srcSurface, null, destSurface, null);

    //Make a texture from the blitted surface.
    texture = ResourceManager.get().makeTextureFromSurface(destSurface);
    // Start drawing
    glLoadIdentity();
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
    glTranslatef(x, y, 0.0f);
// Draw a quad at location
glBegin(GL_QUADS);
glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(0    , 0, 0);
glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(w, 0, 0);
glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 1.0f);
glVertex3f(w, h, 0);
glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 1.0f);
glVertex3f(0, h, 0);
glEnd();
//I have no idea what is glFinish() for....
//glFinish();

// Clean up
SDL_FreeSurface(srcSurface);
SDL_FreeSurface(destSurface);
glDeleteTextures(1, &texture);
}

derelict.util.exception.SharedLibProcLoadException: Failed to load proc FT_Select_Size from shared library freetype.dll

// Leave these at the top of your file:
#include "FTGLTextureFont.h"
FTFont* uiFont = NULL;
GLuint ftex;
static float tempTexture[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};

void orthoText() { // Puts screen in a 1:1 pixel:point relationship
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();
    glOrtho(-surfacew/2, surfacew/2, -surfaceh/2, surfaceh/2, -1.0, 5.0);
    glScalef(2.0*aspect, 2.0, 1.0);
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
}

#define ERROR(...) fprintf (stderr, __VA_ARGS__) /* Or whatever. */
void Quit(int code) { SDL_Quit(); exit(code); }  /* Or whatever. */

// Call this once, near the beginning of your program, with the desired point size as argument.
void initFont(int size) {
    if (uiFont)
        delete uiFont;

    uiFont = new FTGLTextureFont("/PATH/TO/FONT/FILE/DroidSans.ttf");

    if ( !uiFont ){
        ERROR("Couldn't open font file: %s\n", fontfile);
        Quit(1);
    }

    if ( uiFont->Error() ){
        ERROR("Couldn't open font file (error %d): %s\n", (int)uiFont->Error(), fontfile);
        Quit(1);
    }

    uiFont->FaceSize(size);
    // uiFontHeight = uiFont->LineHeight(); // If needed

    glGenTextures(1, &ftex);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, ftex);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT);
    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, 4, 4, 0, GL_RGB, GL_FLOAT, tempTexture);
}

// Call this when you want to draw something. x and y are in range -1..1
void drawText(string text, double x, double y) {
    orthoText();
    glLoadIdentity();
    glColor3f(0.0,0.0,0.0); // Or whatever
    glTranslatef(x*surfaceh/2, y*surfaceh/2, 0);

    glEnable( GL_TEXTURE_2D);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, ftex);
    uiFont->Render(text.c_str());
    glDisable( GL_TEXTURE_2D);
}