13.016 Introduction to Geometric Modeling and Computation, Lecture 14
Thursday, April 3, 1997: Fonts, Animation, Input and Texture Mapping
S. L. Abrams, x3-7959, sabrams@deslab.mit.edu

These notes are available online as:
http://deslab.mit.edu/DesignLab/courses/13.016/graphics/overview4.html

Outline

Text fonts

• Stroke fonts
• Bitmap fonts

Animation

• GLUT idle and timer callbacks

Input

• Mouse
• Keyboard

Texture mapping

• Decal mode
• Modulate mode

Demos

• Font demo: example6

  To execute on Athena:

      add 13.016
      cd /mit/13.016/graphics
      example6
  

• Animation demo: example7

  To execute on Athena:

      cd /mit/13.016/graphics
      example7
  

• Input demo: example8

  To execute on Athena:

      cd /mit/13.016/graphics
      example8
  

• Texture mapping example: example9 and demo3

  To execute on Athena:

      cd /mit/13.016/graphics
      example9
      demo3
  

Reading Assignment

Neider, OpenGL Programming Guide, Chapter 9.

References

• J. D. Foley et al., Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1990.
• D. F. Rogers and J. A. Adams, Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1990.
• J. Neider et al., OpenGL Programming Guide, Addison-Wesley, 1993.
  (Available online as an IRIS InSight document)
• M. J. Kilgard, The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) Programming Interface, Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1996.
  (Available as the PostScript file: /mit/13.016/glut/glutspec.ps.)

• OpenGL WWW Center: http://www.sgi.com/Technology/OpenGL/
• Online OpenGL examples: /usr/share/src/OpenGL
• Online OpenGL/GLUT examples: /mit/13.016/glut/examples and /mit/13.016/glut/redbook

• Class examples available online: /mit/13.016/graphics

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