glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, zTranslation);
      glRasterPos2f(-3.2f, 0f);
      char[] phrase = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".toCharArray();
      
      for(char c : phrase) {
         RasterFontInfo rfi = characterMap.get(c);
         glBitmap(rfi.getWidth(), rfi.getHeight(), (float)rfi.getX0(), (float)rfi.getY0(), (float)rfi.getWidth()+2, 0, rfi.getBuffer());
      }

   private RasterFontInfo deriveRasterFontInfo(char c) {
      /* keeps track of width and height of font raster */
      int width = 0, height = 0;
      
      String stringValueOfC = String.valueOf(c);

      /* Temporary drawing area for c */
      BufferedImage temporaryBufferedImage = new BufferedImage(1024, 1024,
            BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
      
      /* Acquire graphics object to draw char to drawing area */
      Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) temporaryBufferedImage.getGraphics();
      g2d.setFont(getFont());
      
      /* Acquire FontMetrics object to get geometrical data from font */
      FontMetrics fontMetrics = g2d.getFontMetrics();
      
      /* Acquire geometrical font data */
      int charHeight = fontMetrics.getHeight();
      int charWidth = fontMetrics.stringWidth(stringValueOfC);
      int charDescent = fontMetrics.getDescent();
      Dimension charDimension = new Dimension(charWidth, charHeight+charDescent);
      
      g2d.drawString(stringValueOfC, 0, charHeight);
      
      /* Acquire a sub-image that only contains the drawing area of the char */
      BufferedImage bi = temporaryBufferedImage.getSubimage(0, 0, (int)charDimension.getWidth(), (int)charDimension.getHeight());


      char[][] bitmapArray = new char[bi.getHeight()][multipleOfEight(bi.getWidth())];
      for(char[] ch : bitmapArray)
         java.util.Arrays.fill(ch, '0');
      
      /* setup bitmap array based on values read from the subimage's RGB coordinates */
      /* the result is a 2D-array filled with 0's and 1's */
      for(int i = bi.getHeight()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
         for(int j = bi.getWidth()-1; j >= 0; --j) {
            if(bi.getRGB(j,i) == -16777216)
               bitmapArray[i][j] = '0';
            else if (bi.getRGB(j,i) == -1)
               bitmapArray[i][j] = '1';
         }
      }
      
      
      /* Clear unused bits from bitmapArray */
      bitmapArray = clearUnusedBits(bitmapArray);
      
      /* Temporary list to hold chunks of translated data from bitmap */
      ArrayList<Byte> chunkList = new ArrayList<Byte>();
      int numChunks = bitmapArray[0].length / 8;
      
      /* loop through each array of bitmapArray beginning from the end */
      for(int lineNumber = bitmapArray.length - 1; lineNumber >= 0; --lineNumber) {
         /* sets up data to insert into chunk list */
         String currentLine = new String(bitmapArray[lineNumber]);
         String[] chunks = new String[numChunks];
         getChunks(chunks, currentLine);
         
         int[] binaryChunks = new int[numChunks];
         getBinaryChunks(binaryChunks, chunks);
         
         for(int binaryChunk : binaryChunks)
            chunkList.add((byte) binaryChunk);
         
         /* computes height and width of font raster */
         height = bitmapArray.length;
         int x1 = -1, x2 = -1;
         if( currentLine.contains("1") ) {
            /* count the distance from the first 1 to the last 1 */
            /* the greatest distance found instantiates the width of the raster of the font */
            x1 = currentLine.indexOf('1');
            x2 = currentLine.lastIndexOf('1');
            int leadingZeros = currentLine.substring(0, x1).length();
            int distance = x2 - x1 + 1 + leadingZeros;
            width = Math.max(width, distance);
         }
      }
      
      /* Prints each bitmap */
      System.out.println("---");
      for(char[] ch : bitmapArray) {
         System.out.println(new String(ch));
      }
      System.out.println("---");
      
      
      /* determine x0 and y0, used for glBitmap */
      int x0 = 0;
      int y0 = 0;
      
      /* add chunkList elements to ByteBuffer */
      ByteBuffer buffer = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(chunkList.size());
      for(Byte b : chunkList)
         buffer.put(b);
      buffer.flip();
      
      /* Setup and return RasterFontInfo used for Map */
      RasterFontInfo rfi = new RasterFontInfo(buffer, width, height, x0, y0);
      return rfi;
   }