String font = "format1.ttf";
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmp);

    //font size
    float fontSize = (width/translation.length());

    Paint paint = new Paint();
    paint.setTextSize(fontSize);
    paint.setAntiAlias(true);
    paint.setSubpixelText(true);
    paint.setColor(textColor);

    paint.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(mActivity.getAssets(), "fonts/"+font));
    paint.setFakeBoldText(true);

 // draw text to the Canvas center
    Rect bounds = new Rect();
    paint.getTextBounds(translation, 0, translation.length(), bounds);

    int x = (bmp.getWidth() - bounds.width())/2;
    int y = (bmp.getHeight() + bounds.height())/2;

    canvas.drawText(translation, x, y, paint);

    createGLTexture(Texture.loadTextureFromBitmap(bmp), index);

    bmp.recycle();