Code for Nicolas P. Rougier, Higher Quality 2D Text Rendering, Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques (JCGT), vol. 2, no. 1, 50-64, 2013 Available online http://jcgt.org/published/0002/01/04/ This python code demonstrates higher quality 2D texture font using subpixel rendering and positioning. You'll need the freetype library with the subpixel rendering option (FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING in freetype/config/ftoption.h). You'll also need the numpy library available from: http://numpy.scipy.org and the OpenGL python bindings available from: http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net Run the demo.py and enjoy... Note that each line is shifted by 0.1 pixels...