micropython-font-to-py/font_to_py/glyph.py

# Some code adapted from Daniel Bader's work at the following URL
# https://dbader.org/blog/monochrome-font-rendering-with-freetype-and-python
# With thanks to Stephen Irons @ironss for various improvements, also to
# @enigmaniac for ideas around handling `bdf` and `pcf` files.

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from .bitmap import Bitmap


class Glyph:
    def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
        self, pixels, width, height, top, left, 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
        self.left = left

        # 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
        left = slot.bitmap_left

        # 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, left, 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 row in range(bitmap.rows):
            for byte_index in range(bitmap.pitch):
                # Read the byte that contains the packed pixel data.
                byte_value = bitmap.buffer[row * 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 = row * 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