Hallo!
the problem was an unsigned integer that was tested for negative values; since it never was, the loop it controlled went crazy.
it is fixed in the CVS (and the bug that stopped compiling Gem @ TextBase.cpp when you don't have FTGL installed)
thanks - could you say me where (didn't found an unsigned integer in textbase) the problem is (because I have an other source here as you know and also need to fix it ...)
thanks, LG Georg