Texture* background = TextureManager::getSingleton().getByName("Background.png").getPointer();
 
Font* font = FontManager::getSingleton().getByName("BlueHighWay").getPointer();
 
// Make sure the texture is not WRITE_ONLY, we need to read the buffer to do the blending with the font (get the alpha for example)
Texture* texture = TextureManager::getSingleton().createManual("Write Texture","General",TEX_TYPE_2D, 512, 512, MIP_UNLIMITED , PF_X8R8G8B8, Ogre::TU_STATIC|Ogre::TU_AUTOMIPMAP).getPointer();
 
//Draw the background to the new texture
texture->getBuffer()->blit(background->getBuffer());
 
WriteToTexture("hello world",texture,Image::Box(25,275,370,500),font,ColourValue(1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0),'c');

void WriteToTexture(const String &str, TexturePtr destTexture, Image::Box destRectangle, Font* font, const ColourValue &color, char justify = 'l',  bool wordwrap = true)
{
    using namespace Ogre;
 
    if (destTexture->getHeight() < destRectangle.bottom)
        destRectangle.bottom = destTexture->getHeight();
    if (destTexture->getWidth() < destRectangle.right)
        destRectangle.right = destTexture->getWidth();
 
    if (!font->isLoaded())
        font->load();
 
    TexturePtr fontTexture = (TexturePtr) TextureManager::getSingleton().getByName(font->getMaterial()->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->getTextureUnitState(0)->getTextureName());
 
    HardwarePixelBufferSharedPtr fontBuffer = fontTexture->getBuffer();
    HardwarePixelBufferSharedPtr destBuffer = destTexture->getBuffer();
 
    PixelBox destPb = destBuffer->lock(destRectangle,HardwareBuffer::HBL_NORMAL);
 
        // The font texture buffer was created write only...so we cannot read it back :o). One solution is to copy the buffer  instead of locking it. (Maybe there is a way to create a font texture which is not write_only ?)
 
        // create a buffer
        size_t nBuffSize = fontBuffer->getSizeInBytes();
        uint8* buffer = (uint8*)calloc(nBuffSize, sizeof(uint8)); 
 
        // create pixel box using the copy of the buffer
        PixelBox fontPb(fontBuffer->getWidth(), fontBuffer->getHeight(),fontBuffer->getDepth(), fontBuffer->getFormat(), buffer);          
        fontBuffer->blitToMemory(fontPb);
 
    uint8* fontData = static_cast<uint8*>( fontPb.data );
    uint8* destData = static_cast<uint8*>( destPb.data );
 
    const size_t fontPixelSize = PixelUtil::getNumElemBytes(fontPb.format);
    const size_t destPixelSize = PixelUtil::getNumElemBytes(destPb.format);
 
    const size_t fontRowPitchBytes = fontPb.rowPitch * fontPixelSize;
    const size_t destRowPitchBytes = destPb.rowPitch * destPixelSize;
 
    Box *GlyphTexCoords;
    GlyphTexCoords = new Box[str.size()];
 
    Font::UVRect glypheTexRect;
    size_t charheight = 0;
    size_t charwidth = 0;
 
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < str.size(); i++)
    {
        if ((str[i] != '\t') && (str[i] != '\n') && (str[i] != ' '))
        {
            glypheTexRect = font->getGlyphTexCoords(str[i]);
            GlyphTexCoords[i].left = glypheTexRect.left * fontTexture->getSrcWidth();
            GlyphTexCoords[i].top = glypheTexRect.top * fontTexture->getSrcHeight();
            GlyphTexCoords[i].right = glypheTexRect.right * fontTexture->getSrcWidth();
            GlyphTexCoords[i].bottom = glypheTexRect.bottom * fontTexture->getSrcHeight();
 
            if (GlyphTexCoords[i].getHeight() > charheight)
                charheight = GlyphTexCoords[i].getHeight();
            if (GlyphTexCoords[i].getWidth() > charwidth)
                charwidth = GlyphTexCoords[i].getWidth();
        }
 
    }    
 
    size_t cursorX = 0;
    size_t cursorY = 0;
    size_t lineend = destRectangle.getWidth();
    bool carriagreturn = true;
    for (unsigned int strindex = 0; strindex < str.size(); strindex++)
    {
        switch(str[strindex])
        {
        case ' ': cursorX += charwidth;  break;
        case '\t':cursorX += charwidth * 3; break;
        case '\n':cursorY += charheight; carriagreturn = true; break;
        default:
            {
                //wrapping
                if ((cursorX + GlyphTexCoords[strindex].getWidth()> lineend) && !carriagreturn )
                {
                    cursorY += charheight;
                    carriagreturn = true;
                }
 
                //justify
                if (carriagreturn)
                {
                    size_t l = strindex;
                    size_t textwidth = 0;    
                    size_t wordwidth = 0;
 
                    while( (l < str.size() ) && (str[l] != '\n)'))
                    {        
                        wordwidth = 0;
 
                        switch (str[l])
                        {
                        case ' ': wordwidth = charwidth; ++l; break;
                        case '\t': wordwidth = charwidth *3; ++l; break;
                        case '\n': l = str.size();
                        }
 
                        if (wordwrap)
                            while((l < str.size()) && (str[l] != ' ') && (str[l] != '\t') && (str[l] != '\n'))
                            {
                                wordwidth += GlyphTexCoords[l].getWidth();
                                ++l;
                            }
                        else
                            {
                                wordwidth += GlyphTexCoords[l].getWidth();
                                l++;
                            }
 
                        if ((textwidth + wordwidth) <= destRectangle.getWidth())
                            textwidth += (wordwidth);
                        else
                            break;
                    }
 
                    if ((textwidth == 0) && (wordwidth > destRectangle.getWidth()))
                        textwidth = destRectangle.getWidth();
 
                    switch (justify)
                    {
                    case 'c':    cursorX = (destRectangle.getWidth() - textwidth)/2;
                            lineend = destRectangle.getWidth() - cursorX;
                            break;
 
                    case 'r':    cursorX = (destRectangle.getWidth() - textwidth);
                            lineend = destRectangle.getWidth();
                            break;
 
                    default:    cursorX = 0;
                            lineend = textwidth;
                            break;
                    }
 
                    carriagreturn = false;
                }
 
                //abort - net enough space to draw
                if ((cursorY + charheight) > destRectangle.getHeight())
                    goto stop;
 
                //draw pixel by pixel
                for (size_t i = 0; i < GlyphTexCoords[strindex].getHeight(); i++ )
                    for (size_t j = 0; j < GlyphTexCoords[strindex].getWidth(); j++)
                    {
                         float alpha =  color.a * (fontData[(i + GlyphTexCoords[strindex].top) * fontRowPitchBytes + (j + GlyphTexCoords[strindex].left) * fontPixelSize +1 ] / 255.0);
                         float invalpha = 1.0 - alpha;
                         size_t offset = (i + cursorY) * destRowPitchBytes + (j + cursorX) * destPixelSize;
                          ColourValue pix;
                         PixelUtil::unpackColour(&pix,destPb.format,&destData[offset]);
                         pix = (pix * invalpha) + (color * alpha);
                         PixelUtil::packColour(pix,destPb.format,&destData[offset]);
                      }
 
                cursorX += GlyphTexCoords[strindex].getWidth();
            }//default
        }//switch
    }//for
 
stop:
    delete[] GlyphTexCoords;
 
    destBuffer->unlock();
 
        // Free the memory allocated for the buffer
        free(buffer); buffer = 0;
}