Error drawing ofTrueTypeFont letters as rectangles

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I’m copying the example fontsExample into a project that uses ofxNI2.
In the setup, everything with the font is correct:

    ofTrueTypeFont::setGlobalDpi(72);
    bool fontLoaded = myFont.load("helvetica.ttf", 35, true, true, true, false, 72);
    myFont.setLineHeight(1.0f);
    myFont.setLetterSpacing(1.0f);

in draw

    ofNoFill();
    ofSetColor(255,155,0);
    myFont.drawString("Testing", ofGetWidth()/2, ofGetHeight()/2);

For some reason, maybe a call inside openNI is causing the texture to draw only rectangles, not the letters.
I tried by chance to set ofDisableDepthTest(); glDepthMask(false) or glDepthMask(true).
But I can’t find what is causing that.
Any suggestion?

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2

did you try stuff like wrapping the letters into some :

ofPushStyle();
ofPopStyle();

or

ofPushMatrix();
ofPopMatrix();

?

3

Hi Pierre,
Yes I also tried that. I started to play with gl cull face, but nothing. It looks like it’s something from ofxNI2, I replicated the project without Kinect library and the text appears as usual.

4

I have seen this on Android sometimes. I’m not sure what causes it exactly, but I think it is that the font has not been successfully loaded for some reason.

5

After calling the font first in setup, before kinect device, it started to draw the typography normally. I don’t get why kinect device is causing the issue but now it is resolved.

    ofTrueTypeFontSettings settings("helvetica.ttf", 24);
    settings.antialiased = true;
    bool fontLoaded= theFont.load(settings);
6

It seems to me that ofTrueTypeFont could really use ways to test and ensure a font is loaded correctly.