#define XFONT_TRUETYPE   // <-- DON'T FORGET THIS OR ELSE IT WON'T WORK!

#include <xfont.h> //used for directX textout

......

// Now don't forget to put the "times.ttf" file or whatever ttf file your

// going to use for your font, with your xbox executable (xbe).

void DisplayText()

{

      //Create some DirectX text buffers

      XFONT*                        pFont; 

      LPDIRECT3DSURFACE8      pFrontBuffer;

      //InitialiseFonts

      g_pD3DDevice->GetBackBuffer(-1,D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO,&pFrontBuffer);

      DWORD dwFontCacheSize = 16 * 1024;

      XFONT_OpenTrueTypeFont(L"D:\\times.ttf", dwFontCacheSize, &pFont );

      // pFont->SetTextHeight(48);

      // pFont->SetTextColor(D3DCOLOR_XRGB(30,255,20));

      WCHAR szbuff[200] = {0};

      swprintf(szbuff, L"Hello World");

      //Top left corner of where we want to draw our text.

      float xpos = 100.0f;

      float ypos = 100.0f;

      //Display our text.

      pFont->SetTextColor(D3DCOLOR_XRGB(30,255,20));

      pFont->TextOut( pFrontBuffer, szbuff, -1, (long)xpos, (long)ypos );

      //Release our TextBuffers

      pFont->Release();

      pFrontBuffer->Release();

}// End DisplayText()