diff -Naur a/jogl/src/net/java/games/jogl/util/GLUT.java b/jogl/src/net/java/games/jogl/util/GLUT.java
--- a/jogl/src/net/java/games/jogl/util/GLUT.java	2005-05-27 14:24:16.000000000 -0700
+++ b/jogl/src/net/java/games/jogl/util/GLUT.java	2005-06-10 10:21:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -411,7 +411,22 @@
 
   public int  glutStrokeLength   (int font, String string) {
     StrokeFontRec fontinfo = getStrokeFont(font);
-    int length = 0;
+    float length = 0;
+    int len = string.length();
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      char c = string.charAt(i);
+      if (c >= 0 && c < fontinfo.num_chars) {
+        StrokeCharRec ch = fontinfo.ch[c];
+        if (ch != null)
+          length += ch.right;
+      }
+    }
+    return (int) length;
+  }
+
+  public float  glutStrokeLengthf   (int font, String string) {
+    StrokeFontRec fontinfo = getStrokeFont(font);
+    float length = 0;
     int len = string.length();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
       char c = string.charAt(i);