811 2013-08-08 13:48:11 +0200 The legacy text renderer doesn't support GL3 2019-03-29 13:58:10 +0100 1 1 3 JogAmp Jogl util tbd All all UNCONFIRMED P5 enhancement --- 0 gouessej sgothel cmbruns gouessej FEATURE --- oldest_to_newest 2877 0 gouessej 2013-08-08 13:48:11 +0200 The legacy renderer doesn't work with GL3 as you can see below: Exception in thread "main-FPSAWTAnimator-Timer0" java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.media.opengl.GLException: Not a GL2 implementation Caused by: javax.media.opengl.GLException: Not a GL2 implementation at javax.media.opengl.DebugGL3.getGL2(DebugGL3.java:86) at com.jogamp.opengl.util.awt.TextRenderer.beginRendering(TextRenderer.java:650) at com.jogamp.opengl.util.awt.TextRenderer.beginRendering(TextRenderer.java:405) at com.jogamp.opengl.util.awt.TextRenderer.beginRendering(TextRenderer.java:384) A contributor provided a patch to improve this renderer but it's not clean, there are some code duplications, it doesn't use our shader utilities, it requires some work: https://github.com/sgothel/jogl/pull/47 Of course, this request for enhancement is not in high priority as: - the new text renderer always supports the programmable pipeline - several high level engines already have their own mechanisms to display text 4425 1 cmbruns 2014-10-28 19:14:52 +0100 @Julien Gouesse: What is the "new text renderer" you speak of? Because I am experiencing this same trouble with "Not a GL2 Implementation" using the class com.jogamp.opengl.util.awt.TextRenderer. Is there another text rendering API I could be using with a GL3 context? 4434 2 gouessej 2014-10-28 22:08:11 +0100 Look at com.jogamp.graph.