<code lang="C++">
void displayString(char string[], float r, float g, float b, int cx, int y)
{
	glColor3f(r, g, b); // our fonts color

	/* think of the following this way:
	 * our center x is x.
	 * take the length of our string and * by 9 for the char width
	 * and thats how wide in pixels the resulting thing will be.
	 * right?
	 * now, divide that by 2 to center it
	 */
	int x = cx - ((strlen(string) * 9) / 2);
	y = y - 7; // y - ~(15 / 2). id rather not use float, so 7 isn't too diff than 7.5

	for(unsigned int i = 0; i != strlen(string) - 1; ++i)
	{
		glRasterPos3f(x, y, 0);
		glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_9_BY_15, string[i]);
		x = x + 9; // accomidate for the next letter
	}
}
</code>