This example displays text using stroke fonts. The program source code can be found in:

$OIVHOME/src/Inventor/examples/Features/StrokeFont/StrokeFont.cxx.

int
main(int, char **argv)
{
  Widget myWindow = SoXt::init(argv[0]);
  if(myWindow == NULL) exit(1);
  SoGroup *root = new SoGroup;
  root->ref();
  
  // Choose a font
  SoFont *myFont = new SoFont();
  
  // The Stroke Font !
  myFont->name.setValue("TGS_Complex_Roman");
  myFont->size.setValue(0.2f);
  root->addChild(myFont);
  SoBaseColor *myBaseColor = new SoBaseColor();
  myBaseColor->rgb.setValue(SbColor(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
  root->addChild(myBaseColor);
  
  // Add Text3D with stroke font.
  SoText3 *strokeFontText = new SoText3();
  strokeFontText->string = "STROKE FONT !";
  root->addChild(strokeFontText);
  
  SoXtExaminerViewer *myViewer = new SoXtExaminerViewer(myWindow);
  myViewer->setSceneGraph(root);
  myViewer->setTitle("Stroke Font Test");
  
  myViewer->show();
  myViewer->viewAll();
  
  SoXt::show(myWindow);
  SoXt::mainLoop();
  return 0;
}
            

SoGroup root = new SoGroup();

// Choose a font
SoFont myFont = new SoFont();

// The Stroke Font !
myFont.name.Value = "TGS_Complex_Roman";
myFont.size.Value = 0.2f;
root.AddChild(myFont);
SoBaseColor myBaseColor = new SoBaseColor();
myBaseColor.rgb.SetValue(new SbVec3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
root.AddChild(myBaseColor);

// Add Text3D with stroke font.
SoText3 strokeFontText = new SoText3();
strokeFontText.stringField.SetValue("STROKE FONT !");
root.AddChild(strokeFontText);

SoWinExaminerViewer myViewer = new SoWinExaminerViewer(this, "", true,
	  SoWinFullViewer.BuildFlags.BUILD_ALL, SoWinViewer.Types.BROWSER);
myViewer.SetSceneGraph(root);
myViewer.SetTitle("Stroke Font Test");

myViewer.Show();
myViewer.ViewAll();
          

SoGroup root = new SoGroup();

// Choose a font
SoFont myFont = new SoFont();

// The Stroke Font !
myFont.name.setValue("Times_Roman");
myFont.size.setValue(0.2f);
root.addChild(myFont);
SoBaseColor myBaseColor = new SoBaseColor();
myBaseColor.rgb.setValue(new SbVec3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
root.addChild(myBaseColor);

// Add Text3D with stroke font.
SoText3 strokeFontText = new SoText3();
strokeFontText.string.setValue("STROKE FONT !");
root.addChild(strokeFontText);

myViewer = new SwSimpleViewer(SwSimpleViewer.EXAMINER);
myViewer.setSceneGraph(root);
myViewer.setName("Stroke Font");
myViewer.viewAll();

panel.add(myViewer);
add(panel);