So I took @warrenm's MetalSlug (https://github.com/metal-by-example/MetalSlug) - itself an implementation of the https://sluglibrary.com paper…
Ported it to https://metalsprockets.com…
Optimised it so it renders all text in a single draw call (from an original 40,000 draw calls…)
And then entered the matrix?
Every glyph is vector. Whoa.
(Code needs a cleanup - it got messy but will put it online soon)
For those wondering…
What's cool about this is that it uses true vector glyphs. A lot of text in 3D (and in your GPU accelerated Terminals etc) render the glyphs to textures at fixed (usually high) resolution. Or uses Signed Distance Fields trickery to render them well.
This code is using the slug algorithm that @warrenm ported recently after the paper went public domain.
Much more info here:
I also think it's cool because it uses my http://metalsprockets.com project which makes working with Metal on mac, iOS and visionOS super(*) easy. But I'm biased.
(* for some value of super)
Jonathan Wight
Thomas Sturm