bitmap font issues

i'm trying to use windows fonts BUT when i put my string in my function for outputting text, there are no spaces, and the very bottom of each character is being 'cut off' some how. So when i try and print the text "Hello World!", i get "HelloWorld!" w/ the bottom cut off, i've also tried "Hello\ World!" and that doesn't make a difference. here's my code:

//font.h

unsigned int base = glGenLists(96);
int fontStatus = false;

int loadFont(char *fontName, int size)
{
	fontStatus = false;
	HFONT hFont;	//windows font

	//create a 14ptCourier Font
	hFont = CreateFont(size, 0, 0, 0, FW_HEAVY, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, ANSI_CHARSET, OUT_TT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, ANTIALIASED_QUALITY, FF_DONTCARE | DEFAULT_PITCH, fontName);

	// did the font get created?
	if(!hFont)
		return fontStatus;
	else
		fontStatus = true;

	//device context
	SelectObject(g_HDC, hFont);

	//prepare bitmap font
	wglUseFontBitmaps(g_HDC, 32, 96, base);

	return fontStatus;
}

int printText(char *str)
{
	if((!fontStatus) || (str == NULL))
		return false;

	glPushAttrib(GL_LIST_BIT);
		glListBase(base - 32);
		glCallLists(strlen(str), GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, str);
	glPopAttrib();

	return true;
}

void clearFont()
{
	if(base)
		glDeleteLists(base, 96);
}
 

and here's where i use it:

void drawScene()
{
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
	glLoadIdentity();

	glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
	glColor3f(0.0f, 0.8f, 0.2f);
	glRasterPos2f(-.35f, 0.0f);
	printText("OpenGL Bitmap Fonts!");
	
	glFlush();	
	SwapBuffers(g_HDC);
}

[edited by - stond on May 27, 2003 9:05:53 PM]