I didn't like all the overhead that sftdlib requires just to draw text in sf2dlib, so I created my own text drawing "library" that uses simpler bitmap-based fonts.
https://github.com/flarn2006/SF2DBmpFont
See the readme for more information.
Here's a screenshot of the example program:
https://github.com/flarn2006/SF2DBmpFont
See the readme for more information.
Here's a screenshot of the example program: