How to draw text clearly in OpenGL ES (Android?

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Draw text in OpenGL ES (Android)

I'm currently developing a small OpenGL game for the Android platform and I wonder if there's an easy way to render text on top of the rendered frame (like a HUD with the player´s score etc). The text would need to use a custom font also. I've seen an example using a View as an overlay, but I don't know if I want to do that since I might want to port the game to other platforms later. Any ideas? Regards/Per

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