FTGL is a free open source library to enable developers to use arbitrary fonts in their OpenGL
(www.opengl.org) applications. Unlike other OpenGL font libraries FTGL uses standard font file
formats so doesn't need a preprocessing step to convert the high quality font data into a lesser
quality, proprietary format. FTGL uses the Freetype (www.freetype.org) font library to open and
'decode' the fonts. It then takes that output and stores it in a format most efficient for OpenGL rendering.
