mambastudio / GlyphReader

Java project for parsing true type font

GlyphReader

Java project for parsing true type font

References

1. Resource to generate font atlas
   1. https://fonts.varg.dev/
2. Basic concept of glyph display and text rendering
   1. https://www.warp.dev/blog/adventures-text-rendering-kerning-glyph-atlases
3. Font TTF Parsing
   1. Intro (start here to understand) - http://stevehanov.ca/blog/?id=143
   2. Complex parsing (full javascript) - https://opentype.js.org/
4. Open Type Specification
   1. Microsoft (very well documented) - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/typography/opentype/spec/
      1. Reference 3 actually uses this specification.
5. Additional Research
   1. High precision GPU glyph rendering (might be out of scope but this is a high precision and fast method of rendering glyphs in gpu)
      1. https://wdobbie.com/post/gpu-text-rendering-with-vector-textures/
6. A Primer on Bézier Curves
   1. https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/