0ad/source/tools/fontbuilder2/FontLoader.py
Ykkrosh 7dca91f26b # Various changes to the text rendering system.
Rewrite font builder tool to be much simpler and to support more text
effects.
Change GUI to use new set of fonts.
Switch font textures from TGA to PNG so they're easier for the font
builder to create.
Support RGBA font textures (for e.g. stroked text).
Greatly improve text rendering performance by using vertex arrays.
Fix rendering code leaving vertex buffers bound.
Add 'clip' property to GUI text objects, to disable clipping when
rendering.
Delete part of unused console function registration system.

This was SVN commit r7595.
2010-05-30 13:42:56 +00:00

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# Adapted from http://cairographics.org/freetypepython/
# TODO: Windows compatibility
import ctypes
import cairo
CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0
FT_Err_Ok = 0
# find shared objects
_freetype_so = ctypes.CDLL ("libfreetype.so.6")
_cairo_so = ctypes.CDLL ("libcairo.so.2")
# initialize freetype
_ft_lib = ctypes.c_void_p ()
if FT_Err_Ok != _freetype_so.FT_Init_FreeType (ctypes.byref (_ft_lib)):
raise "Error initialising FreeType library."
_surface = cairo.ImageSurface (cairo.FORMAT_A8, 0, 0)
class PycairoContext(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("PyObject_HEAD", ctypes.c_byte * object.__basicsize__),
("ctx", ctypes.c_void_p),
("base", ctypes.c_void_p)]
def create_cairo_font_face_for_file (filename, faceindex=0, loadoptions=0):
# create freetype face
ft_face = ctypes.c_void_p()
cairo_ctx = cairo.Context (_surface)
cairo_t = PycairoContext.from_address(id(cairo_ctx)).ctx
_cairo_so.cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
if FT_Err_Ok != _freetype_so.FT_New_Face (_ft_lib, filename, faceindex, ctypes.byref(ft_face)):
raise "Error creating FreeType font face for " + filename
# create cairo font face for freetype face
cr_face = _cairo_so.cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face (ft_face, loadoptions)
if CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS != _cairo_so.cairo_font_face_status (cr_face):
raise "Error creating cairo font face for " + filename
_cairo_so.cairo_set_font_face (cairo_t, cr_face)
if CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS != _cairo_so.cairo_status (cairo_t):
raise "Error creating cairo font face for " + filename
face = cairo_ctx.get_font_face ()
indexes = lambda char: _freetype_so.FT_Get_Char_Index(ft_face, ord(char))
return (face, indexes)