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fontdemo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Needs freetype-py>=1.0

# For more info see:
# http://dbader.org/blog/monochrome-font-rendering-with-freetype-and-python

# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Bader (http://dbader.org)
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import freetype
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import sys

class Bitmap(object):
    """
    A 2D bitmap image represented as a list of byte values. Each byte indicates the state
    of a single pixel in the bitmap. A value of 0 indicates that the pixel is `off`
    and any other value indicates that it is `on`.
    """
    def __init__(self, width, height, pixels=None):
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
        self.pixels = pixels or bytearray(width * height)

    def __repr__(self):
        """Return a string representation of the bitmap's pixels."""
        rows = ''
        for y in range(self.height):
            for x in range(self.width):
                rows += '#' if self.pixels[y * self.width + x] else '.'
            rows += '\n'
        return rows

    def bitblt(self, glyph, x, y):
        """Copy all pixels from `src` into this bitmap"""
        src = glyph.bitmap
        srcpixel = 0
        pad = (glyph.advance_width-src.width)/2
        dstpixel = y * self.width + x+pad
        row_offset = self.width - src.width

        for sy in range(src.height):
            for sx in range(src.width):
                # Perform an OR operation on the destination pixel and the source pixel
                # because glyph bitmaps may overlap if character kerning is applied, e.g.
                # in the string "AVA", the "A" and "V" glyphs must be rendered with
                # overlapping bounding boxes.
                self.pixels[dstpixel] = self.pixels[dstpixel] or src.pixels[srcpixel]
                srcpixel += 1
                dstpixel += 1
            dstpixel += row_offset


class Glyph(object):
    def __init__(self, pixels, width, height, top, advance_width):
        self.bitmap = Bitmap(width, height, pixels)

        # The glyph bitmap's top-side bearing, i.e. the vertical distance from the
        # baseline to the bitmap's top-most scanline.
        self.top = top

        # Ascent and descent determine how many pixels the glyph extends
        # above or below the baseline.
        self.descent = max(0, self.height - self.top)
        self.ascent = max(0, max(self.top, self.height) - self.descent)

        # The advance width determines where to place the next character horizontally,
        # that is, how many pixels we move to the right to draw the next glyph.
        self.advance_width = advance_width

    @property
    def width(self):
        return self.bitmap.width

    @property
    def height(self):
        return self.bitmap.height

    @staticmethod
    def from_glyphslot(slot):
        """Construct and return a Glyph object from a FreeType GlyphSlot."""
        pixels = Glyph.unpack_mono_bitmap(slot.bitmap)
        width, height = slot.bitmap.width, slot.bitmap.rows
        top = slot.bitmap_top

        # The advance width is given in FreeType's 26.6 fixed point format,
        # which means that the pixel values are multiples of 64.
        advance_width = slot.advance.x / 64

        return Glyph(pixels, width, height, top, advance_width)

    @staticmethod
    def unpack_mono_bitmap(bitmap):
        """
        Unpack a freetype FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO glyph bitmap into a bytearray where each
        pixel is represented by a single byte.
        """
        # Allocate a bytearray of sufficient size to hold the glyph bitmap.
        data = bytearray(bitmap.rows * bitmap.width)

        # Iterate over every byte in the glyph bitmap. Note that we're not
        # iterating over every pixel in the resulting unpacked bitmap --
        # we're iterating over the packed bytes in the input bitmap.
        for y in range(bitmap.rows):
            for byte_index in range(bitmap.pitch):

                # Read the byte that contains the packed pixel data.
                byte_value = bitmap.buffer[y * bitmap.pitch + byte_index]

                # We've processed this many bits (=pixels) so far. This determines
                # where we'll read the next batch of pixels from.
                num_bits_done = byte_index * 8

                # Pre-compute where to write the pixels that we're going
                # to unpack from the current byte in the glyph bitmap.
                rowstart = y * bitmap.width + byte_index * 8

                # Iterate over every bit (=pixel) that's still a part of the
                # output bitmap. Sometimes we're only unpacking a fraction of a byte
                # because glyphs may not always fit on a byte boundary. So we make sure
                # to stop if we unpack past the current row of pixels.
                for bit_index in range(min(8, bitmap.width - num_bits_done)):

                    # Unpack the next pixel from the current glyph byte.
                    bit = byte_value & (1 << (7 - bit_index))

                    # Write the pixel to the output bytearray. We ensure that `off`
                    # pixels have a value of 0 and `on` pixels have a value of 1.
                    data[rowstart + bit_index] = 1 if bit else 0

        return data


class Font(object):
    chars = []
    def __init__(self, filename, size):
        self.face = freetype.Face(filename)
        self.face.set_pixel_sizes(0, size)
        for x in self.face.get_chars():
            self.chars.append(x[0])

    def glyph_for_character(self, char):
        # Let FreeType load the glyph for the given character and tell it to render
        # a monochromatic bitmap representation.
        self.face.load_char(char, freetype.FT_LOAD_RENDER | freetype.FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO)
        return Glyph.from_glyphslot(self.face.glyph)

    def render_character(self, char):
        glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char)
        return glyph

    def text_dimensions(self, text):
        """Return (width, height, baseline) of `text` rendered in the current font."""
        width = 0
        max_ascent = 0
        max_descent = 0
        previous_char = None

        # For each character in the text string we get the glyph
        # and update the overall dimensions of the resulting bitmap.
        for char in text:
            glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char)
            max_ascent = max(max_ascent, glyph.ascent)
            max_descent = max(max_descent, glyph.descent)
            kerning_x = 0

            # With kerning, the advance width may be less than the width of the glyph's bitmap.
            # Make sure we compute the total width so that all of the glyph's pixels
            # fit into the returned dimensions.
            width += max(glyph.advance_width + kerning_x, glyph.width + kerning_x)

            previous_char = char

        height = max_ascent + max_descent
        return (width, height, max_descent)

    def render_text(self, text, width=None, height=None, baseline=None):
        """
        Render the given `text` into a Bitmap and return it.

        If `width`, `height`, and `baseline` are not specified they are computed using
        the `text_dimensions' method.
        """
        if None in (width, height, baseline):
            width, height, baseline = self.text_dimensions(text)

        x = 0
        previous_char = None
        outbuffer = Bitmap(width, height)

        for char in text:
            glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char)

            # Take kerning information into account before we render the
            # glyph to the output bitmap.
            #x += self.kerning_offset(previous_char, char)

            # The vertical drawing position should place the glyph
            # on the baseline as intended.
            y = height - glyph.ascent - baseline

            outbuffer.bitblt(glyph, x, y)

            x += glyph.advance_width
            previous_char = char

        return outbuffer

def rende_a_font_to_image(ttf,width,height,fnsize):
    fnt = Font(ttf, fnsize)

    img = Image.new('RGB', (width*16,  height*16), color = (255, 0, 255))

    u=0
    #print len(fnt.chars)
    i = 0
    j = 0
    k = 0
    k = len(fnt.chars);
    if k > 256:
        k = 256
    

    text = []
    print width, height
    while u < k:
        text.append(fnt.chars[u] )
        u = u +1;
        j = j+1
        if j % 16 == 0:
            buffers = fnt.render_text(text)
            _w = buffers.width
            if _w > width*16:
                _w = width*16
            
            for y in range(buffers.height):
                for x in range(_w):
                    if buffers.pixels[ y* buffers.width +x] > 0:
                        try:
                            img.putpixel(( x,y+i*height),(255,255,255) )
                        except:
                            print x,y,i,y+i*height
                            sys.exit(-1)

            j = 0
            i = i +1
            text = []

    
    #debug
    #plt.imshow(img)
    #plt.show()    
    fname = ttf.split(".")[1]+"_"+ttf.split(".")[0]+"_"+str(width)+"x"+str(height)+".png"

    print fname 
    img.save(fname)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Be sure to place 'helvetica.ttf' (or any other ttf / otf font file) in the working directory.
    ttfs=["Px437_IBM_PS2thin1.ttf","Px437_IBM_PS2thin2.ttf","Px437_IBM_PS2thin3.ttf","Px437_IBM_ISO8.ttf","Px437_IBM_ISO9.ttf"]

    for t in ttfs:
        rende_a_font_to_image(t,8,16,16)


    rende_a_font_to_image("5x7-ISO8859-1.pcf",5,7,7)
    rende_a_font_to_image("6x12-ISO8859-1.pcf",6,12,12)
    rende_a_font_to_image("7x14-ISO8859-1.pcf",7,14,14)