font_freetype.h File Reference

Interface to the FreeType 2 library, to render text as bitmaps. More...

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Data Structures
struct	font_freetype_methods
struct	font_freetype_glyph
struct	font_freetype_text

Detailed Description

Interface to the FreeType 2 library, to render text as bitmaps.

This plugin supplies functions to render text (encoded as UTF-8) to bitmaps with the help of FreeType 2. Typical usage:

• create a struct font_freetype_font by calling font_freetype_methods.font_new()
• for the text to render, create a struct font_freetype_text by calling font_freetype_methods.text_new()
• obtain glyph bitmaps by calling font_freetype_methods.get_glyph() on the glyphs inside struct font_freetype_text
• optionally, obtain a "shadow" of the glyph from font_freetype_methods.get_shadow(), to make the text easier to read against a colored background (like the map)