r-lyeh-archived / unifont

Embeddable console 1bpp font that supports many european/eastern unicode codepoints. Aimed to gamedev (C++11).

unifont

• Unifont is a compact and embeddable terminal 1-bpp font library (C++11).
• Unifont is handy. It supports most european/greek/cyrillic unicode codepoints.
• Unifont is tiny (~400 LOC), header-only, portable and cross-platform.
• Unifont is aimed to gamedev and debugging sessions.
• Unifont is zlib/libpng licensed.

api

• Instance an unifont(color *framebuffer, unsigned width, color (*make_rgba)(r,g,b,a)) class.
• While using an unifont class, the external framebuffer must point to a valid memory address.
• Then use following methods as desired:

render_string(x,y,style,const char* utf8);
render_string(x,y,style,const char* utf8, const color &c);
render_string(x,y,style,const char* utf8, const color* gradient8x8);
render_string(x,y,style,const vector<int> &codepoints);
render_string(x,y,style,const vector<int> &codepoints, const color &c);
render_string(x,y,style,const vector<int> &codepoints, const color* gradient8x8);

• Style is an enum { NORMAL, INVERT, SHADOW, RETRO } flag mask.
• All methods return an struct { unsigned w, h; } dimensions rectangle.
• For a more detailed sample check sample.cc file.

preview

notes

• To replace embedded built-in font see ttf2mono.cc source code
• Sample requires libspot to compile.

licenses

• Unifont, zlib/libpng licensed.
• PressStart2P.ttf v2.14 by Cody "CodeMan38" Boisclair (SIL Open Font License).
• UTF-8 dfa decoder by Bjoern Hoehrmann (MIT license).
• Gradient retro style mask taken from DoDonPachi arcade.

changelog

• v1.0.0 (2015/05/05)
  • initial revision