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ofDrawBitmapString renders incorrectly in an ofFbo

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Description

On the current dev branch, ofDrawBitmapString works fine in a normal drawing context, but it seems to render upside-down when rendered to an ofFbo.

myFbo.begin();
ofDrawBitmapString("Hello World!", 100,100);
myFbo.end()
...
myFbo.draw();  // Hello World! will be drawn upside-down.

while normal use works fine.

A quick test is to drop the following into the fboTrailsExample in the drawFboTest() method:

//--------------------------------------------------------------
void testApp::drawFboTest(){

    ofDrawBitmapString("Hello World!", 100,100);

    //we clear the fbo if c is pressed. 
    //this completely clears the buffer so you won't see any trails
    if( ofGetKeyPressed('c') ){
        ofClear(255,255,255, 0);
    }   
...

Looks like it needs a little vertical flip.

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Research direction

Start with the fboTrailsExample and its drawFboTest() method, adding the reported ofDrawBitmapString call to reproduce the difference between normal drawing and an ofFbo. Read the ofFbo and bitmap-string drawing paths involved in that example. Done means the text has the same upright orientation when drawn through the FBO and directly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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