#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Needs freetype-py>=1.0 # Font handling classes are from Dan Bader blog post on using freetype # http://dbader.org/blog/monochrome-font-rendering-with-freetype-and-python # # Modified by Russ Hughes, Mar 2021 to write bitmap modules compatible with # the MicroPython ili9342c driver at https://github.com/russhughes/ili9342c_mpy # and the st7789 driver at https://github.com/russhughes/st7789_mpy. # # The Negative glyph.left fix is from peterhinch's font conversion program # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py/issues/21 # Handle negative glyph.left correctly (capital J), # also glyph.width > advance (capital K and R). # # The MIT License (MIT) # # Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Bader (http://dbader.org) # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. import sys import shlex import argparse import bisect import freetype def to_int(str): return int(str, base=16) if str.startswith("0x") else int(str) def get_chars(str): return ''.join([chr(b) for a in [ (lambda sub: range(sub[0], sub[-1] + 1)) (list(map(to_int, ele.split('-')))) for ele in str.split(',')] for b in a]) def wrap_list(lst, items_per_line=8): lines = [] for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line): chunk = lst[i:i + items_per_line] line = ", ".join("0x{:02x}".format(x) for x in chunk) lines.append(line) return "[\n " + ",\n ".join(lines) + "]" def wrap_bytes(lst, items_per_line=16): lines = [] for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line): chunk = lst[i:i + items_per_line] line = "".join("\\x{:02x}".format(x) for x in chunk) lines.append(line) return " b'" + "'\\\n b'".join(lines) + "'" def wrap_longs(lst, items_per_line=16): lines = [] for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line): chunk = lst[i:i + items_per_line] line = "".join("\\x{:02x}".format(x) for x in chunk) lines.append(line) return " b'" + "'\\\n b'".join(lines) + "'" 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 = int(width) self.height = int(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 bit_string(self): """Return a binary string representation of the bitmap's pixels.""" bits = '' for y in range(self.height): for x in range(self.width): bits += '1' if self.pixels[y * self.width + x] else '0' return bits def bitblt(self, src, x, y): """Copy all pixels from `src` into this bitmap""" srcpixel = 0 dstpixel = y * self.width + x row_offset = self.width - src.width for _ in range(src.height): for _ 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, 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 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): def __init__(self, filename, width, height): self.face = freetype.Face(filename) self.face.set_pixel_sizes(width, height) 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.bitmap def text_dimensions(self, text): """ Return (width, height, baseline) of `text` rendered in the current font. """ width = 0 max_ascent = 0 max_descent = 0 # 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) if glyph.left >= 0: char_width = int( max(glyph.advance_width, glyph.width + glyph.left)) else: char_width = int( max(glyph.advance_width - glyph.left, glyph.width)) width += char_width height = max_ascent + max_descent return (width, height, max_descent) def write_python(self, text, font_file): """ Render the given `text` into a python bitmap module. """ _, height, baseline = self.text_dimensions(text) bits = [] widths = [] offsets = [] offset = 0 for char in text: glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char) # Negative glyph.left fix from peterhinch # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py # # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py/issues/21 # Handle negative glyph.left correctly (capital J), # also glyph.width > advance (capital K and R). if glyph.left >= 0: char_width = int( max(glyph.advance_width, glyph.width + glyph.left)) left = glyph.left else: char_width = int( max(glyph.advance_width - glyph.left, glyph.width)) left = 0 # save the bit offset and width of the current glyph offsets.append(offset) widths.append(char_width) outbuffer = Bitmap(char_width, height) # The vertical drawing position should place the glyph # on the baseline as intended. y = height - glyph.ascent - baseline outbuffer.bitblt(glyph.bitmap, left, y) # convert bitmap to ascii bitmap string bit_string = outbuffer.bit_string() bits.append(bit_string) offset += len(bit_string) # join all the bitmap strings together bit_string = ''.join(bits) # escape '\' and '"' characters for char_map char_map = text.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"') cmd_line = " ".join(map(shlex.quote, sys.argv)) max_width = max(widths) # write python module source print('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-') print(f'# Converted from {font_file} using:') print(f'# {cmd_line}') print() print(f'MAP = "{char_map}"') print('BPP = 1') print(f'HEIGHT = {height}') print(f'MAX_WIDTH = {max_width}') print('_WIDTHS = \\') print(wrap_bytes(widths)) print() byte_offsets = bytearray() bytes_table = [0xff, 0xffff, 0xffffff, 0xffffffff] bytes_required = bisect.bisect_left(bytes_table, offset, 0, 3) + 1 for offset in offsets: byte_offsets.extend(offset.to_bytes(bytes_required, 'big')) print(f'OFFSET_WIDTH = {bytes_required}') print('_OFFSETS = \\') print(wrap_longs(byte_offsets)) print() print('_BITMAPS =\\') byte_values = [] for i in range(0, len(bit_string), 8): byte_values.append(int(bit_string[i:i+8], 2)) print(wrap_bytes(byte_values)) print("\nWIDTHS = memoryview(_WIDTHS)") print("OFFSETS = memoryview(_OFFSETS)") print("BITMAPS = memoryview(_BITMAPS)") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( prog='font2bitmap', description=(''' Convert characters from a truetype font to a python bitmap for use with the bitmap method in the st7789 and ili9342 drivers.''')) parser.add_argument( 'font_file', help='name of font file to convert.') parser.add_argument( 'font_height', type=int, default=8, help='size of font to create bitmaps from.') parser.add_argument( '-width', '--font_width', type=int, default=None, help='width of font to create bitmaps from.') group = parser.add_argument_group( 'character selection', 'characters from the font to include in the bitmap.') excl = group.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True) excl.add_argument( '-c', '--characters', help='''integer or hex character values and/or ranges to include. For example: "65, 66, 67" or "32-127" or "0x30-0x39, 0x41-0x5a"''') excl.add_argument( '-s', '--string', help='''string of characters to include For example: "1234567890-."''') args = parser.parse_args() font_file = args.font_file height = args.font_height width = args.font_height if args.font_width is None else args.font_width characters = ( get_chars(args.characters) if args.string is None else args.string) fnt = Font(font_file, width, height) fnt.write_python(characters, font_file) main()