diff --git a/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL2App.cpp b/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL2App.cpp
index 78dfa4f4b..987221457 100644
--- a/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL2App.cpp
+++ b/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL2App.cpp
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #include "Bullet3Common/b3Scalar.h"
 #include "Bullet3Common/b3AlignedObjectArray.h"
 #include "Bullet3Common/b3Vector3.h"
-
-
+#include "../CommonInterfaces/CommonRenderInterface.h"
+#include "../OpenGLWindow/GLPrimitiveRenderer.h"
 #include "stdlib.h"
-
+#include "TwFonts.h"
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include "MacOpenGLWindow.h"
 #else
@@ -67,8 +67,31 @@ void Simple2WheelCallback( float deltax, float deltay)
 
 struct SimpleOpenGL2AppInternalData
 {
-
+	GLuint m_fontTextureId;
+	GLuint m_largeFontTextureId;
+	
 };
+static GLuint BindFont2(const CTexFont *_Font)
+{
+    GLuint TexID = 0;
+    glGenTextures(1, &TexID);
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, TexID);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_SWAP_BYTES, GL_FALSE);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_LSB_FIRST, GL_FALSE);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, 0);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS, 0);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS, 0);
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
+    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_LUMINANCE , _Font->m_TexWidth, _Font->m_TexHeight, 0, GL_LUMINANCE , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, _Font->m_TexBytes);
+    glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+    glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+    glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER,GL_NEAREST);
+    glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER,GL_NEAREST);
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+
+    return TexID;
+}
+
 
 SimpleOpenGL2App::SimpleOpenGL2App(const char* title, int width, int height)
 {
@@ -85,6 +108,7 @@ SimpleOpenGL2App::SimpleOpenGL2App(const char* title, int width, int height)
 
 	m_window->setWindowTitle(title);
 
+
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 #ifndef _WIN32
 //some Linux implementations need the 'glewExperimental' to be true
@@ -104,6 +128,13 @@ SimpleOpenGL2App::SimpleOpenGL2App(const char* title, int width, int height)
 	}
 
 #endif
+
+	
+	TwGenerateDefaultFonts();
+	m_data->m_fontTextureId = BindFont2(g_DefaultNormalFont);
+	m_data->m_largeFontTextureId = BindFont2(g_DefaultLargeFont);
+	
+
     glGetError();//don't remove this call, it is needed for Ubuntu
 	glClearColor(0.9,0.9,1,1);
 
@@ -243,9 +274,174 @@ void SimpleOpenGL2App::drawText( const char* txt, int posX, int posY)
 
 }
 
-void SimpleOpenGL2App::drawText3D( const char* txt, float posX, float posZY, float posZ, float size)
-{
 
+		static		void	restoreOpenGLState()
+			{
+				
+				
+				glPopClientAttrib();
+				glPopAttrib();
+			
+
+
+			}
+
+		static	void	saveOpenGLState(int screenWidth, int screenHeight)
+			{
+				glPushAttrib(GL_ALL_ATTRIB_BITS);
+				glPushClientAttrib(GL_CLIENT_ALL_ATTRIB_BITS);
+
+		
+
+				glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_S);
+				glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_T);
+				glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_R);
+
+				glDisable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);
+			//    glDisable(GL_LINE_STIPPLE);
+				glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+				glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+				glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
+				glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+
+				glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+
+				glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_MODULATE);
+				glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+			}
+
+void SimpleOpenGL2App::drawText3D( const char* txt, float worldPosX, float worldPosY, float worldPosZ, float size1)
+{
+	saveOpenGLState(gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenWidth(),gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenHeight());
+	float viewMat[16];
+	float projMat[16];
+	CommonCameraInterface* cam = gApp2->m_renderer->getActiveCamera();
+
+	cam->getCameraViewMatrix(viewMat);
+	cam->getCameraProjectionMatrix(projMat);
+
+	
+	float camPos[4];
+	cam->getCameraPosition(camPos);
+	b3Vector3 cp= b3MakeVector3(camPos[0],camPos[2],camPos[1]);
+	b3Vector3 p = b3MakeVector3(worldPosX,worldPosY,worldPosZ);
+    float dx=0;
+
+	glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+	glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+	//glBlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+
+	glAlphaFunc( GL_GREATER, 1.0f );	
+	
+			
+
+	int viewport[4]={0,0,gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenWidth(),gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenHeight()};
+
+	float posX = 450.f;
+	float posY = 100.f;
+	float winx,winy, winz;
+
+	if (!projectWorldCoordToScreen(worldPosX, worldPosY, worldPosZ,viewMat,projMat,viewport,&winx, &winy, &winz))
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	posX = winx;
+	posY = gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenHeight()/2+(gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenHeight()/2)-winy;
+
+	
+	{
+		//float width = 0.f;
+		int pos=0;
+		//float color[]={0.2f,0.2,0.2f,1.f};
+		glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+		glMatrixMode(GL_TEXTURE);
+		glLoadIdentity();
+		glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
+		glLoadIdentity();
+		glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
+		glLoadIdentity();
+		
+	
+		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,m_data->m_largeFontTextureId);
+
+		glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);//BindTexture
+		//float width = r.x;
+		//float extraSpacing = 0.;
+
+		float startX = posX;
+		float startY = posY-g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharHeight*size1;
+		glEnable(GL_COLOR_MATERIAL);
+		
+		while (txt[pos])
+		{
+			int c = txt[pos];
+			//r.h = g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharHeight;
+			//r.w = g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharWidth[c]+extraSpacing;
+			float endX = startX+g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharWidth[c]*size1;
+			float endY = posY;
+
+
+			float currentColor[]={1.f,0.2,0.2f,1.f};
+			float u0 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharU0[c];
+			float u1 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharU1[c];
+			float v0 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharV0[c];
+			float v1 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharV1[c];
+			float color[4] = {currentColor[0],currentColor[1],currentColor[2],currentColor[3]};
+			float x0 = startX;
+			float x1 = endX;
+			float y0 = startY;
+			float y1 = endY;
+			int screenWidth = gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenWidth();
+			int screenHeight = gApp2->m_renderer->getScreenHeight();
+			
+
+
+			float z = 2.f*winz-1.f;//*(far
+			 float identity[16]={1,0,0,0,
+						0,1,0,0,
+						0,0,1,0,
+						0,0,0,1};
+
+			   PrimVertex vertexData[4] = {
+					{ PrimVec4(-1.f+2.f*x0/float(screenWidth), 1.f-2.f*y0/float(screenHeight), z, 1.f ), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u0,v0)},
+					{ PrimVec4(-1.f+2.f*x0/float(screenWidth),  1.f-2.f*y1/float(screenHeight), z, 1.f ), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u0,v1)},
+					{ PrimVec4( -1.f+2.f*x1/float(screenWidth),  1.f-2.f*y1/float(screenHeight), z, 1.f ), PrimVec4(color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]) ,PrimVec2(u1,v1)},
+					{ PrimVec4( -1.f+2.f*x1/float(screenWidth), 1.f-2.f*y0/float(screenHeight), z, 1.f ), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u1,v0)}
+				};
+    
+				glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
+				//use red colored text for now
+				glColor4f(1,0,0,1);
+			
+				float scaling = 1;
+				
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[0].uv.p[0],vertexData[0].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[0].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[0].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[0].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[1].uv.p[0],vertexData[1].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[1].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[1].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[1].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[2].uv.p[0],vertexData[2].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[2].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[2].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[2].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[0].uv.p[0],vertexData[0].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[0].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[0].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[0].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[2].uv.p[0],vertexData[2].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[2].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[2].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[2].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				glTexCoord2f(vertexData[3].uv.p[0],vertexData[3].uv.p[1]);
+				glVertex3d(vertexData[3].position.p[0]*scaling, vertexData[3].position.p[1]*scaling,vertexData[3].position.p[2]*scaling);
+				
+				glEnd();
+
+			startX = endX;
+			pos++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,0);
+	glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+	glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+	restoreOpenGLState();
 }
 
 void SimpleOpenGL2App::registerGrid(int xres, int yres, float color0[4], float color1[4])
diff --git a/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL3App.cpp b/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL3App.cpp
index 4c5545f96..905383388 100644
--- a/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL3App.cpp
+++ b/examples/OpenGLWindow/SimpleOpenGL3App.cpp
@@ -327,68 +327,6 @@ void SimpleOpenGL3App::drawText3D( const char* txt, float worldPosX, float world
 	glDisable(GL_BLEND);
 
 
-#if 0
-	glEnable(GL_BLEND);
-	glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-
-
-	int pos=0;
-	//float color[]={0.2f,0.2,0.2f,1.f};
-	glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
-	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,m_data->m_largeFontTextureId);
-
-	//float width = r.x;
-	//float extraSpacing = 0.;
-
-	float startX = posX;
-	float startY = posY;
-
-
-	while (txt[pos])
-	{
-			float scaling = 0.02;
-
-		int c = txt[pos];
-		//r.h = g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharHeight;
-		//r.w = g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharWidth[c]+extraSpacing;
-		float endX = startX-float(g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharWidth[c])*scaling;
-		float endY = startY-float(g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharHeight)*scaling;
-	
-
-		float currentColor[]={0.2f,0.2,0.2f,1.f};
-
-		float u0  = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharU0[c];
-		float v0 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharV0[c];
-		float u1 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharU1[c];
-		float v1 = g_DefaultLargeFont->m_CharV1[c];
-		float color[4] = {0,0,0,1};
-
-		PrimVertex vertexData[4] = {
-				{ PrimVec4(startX, startY, 0, 1.f ), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u0,v0)},
-				{ PrimVec4(startX, endY, 0 , 1.f), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u0,v1)},
-				{ PrimVec4(endX, endY,0.f, 1.f ), PrimVec4(color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]) ,PrimVec2(u1,v1)},
-				{ PrimVec4(endX,startY, 0.f, 1.f ), PrimVec4( color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] ) ,PrimVec2(u1,v0)}
-		};
-		float viewMat[16];
-		float projMat[16];
-		m_instancingRenderer->getCameraViewMatrix(viewMat);
-		m_instancingRenderer->getCameraProjectionMatrix(projMat);
-
-		m_primRenderer->drawTexturedRect3D(vertexData[0],vertexData[1],vertexData[2],vertexData[3],viewMat,projMat,false);
-
-		//DrawTexturedRect(0,r,g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharU0[c],g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharV0[c],g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharU1[c],g_DefaultNormalFont->m_CharV1[c]);
-	//	DrawFilledRect(r);
-
-		startX = endX;
-		//startY = endY;
-
-		pos++;
-
-	}
-	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,0);
-
-	glDisable(GL_BLEND);
-#endif
 
 }