is there some way for me to change the size of the font without changing the z axis? cause if I do that, it moves it behind all the other spiffy stuff that I have drawn

glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
will disable the z-buffer so anything you draw from this point will not be compared. So just draw your stuff, disable the depth test, write your stuff (change the z axis if you want), enable the depth test, then render the scene.

That should do it,
Luigi

thank you