6 # the aim here is that we can:
7 # - add file based types in one place: here
8 # - make sure we only attempt to create types that exist
9 # - give reasonable defaults
10 # - give the user some control over which types get used
14 class=>'Imager::Font::Truetype',
15 module=>'Imager/Font/Truetype.pm',
19 class=>'Imager::Font::Type1',
20 module=>'Imager/Font/Type1.pm',
24 class=>'Imager::Font::FreeType2',
25 module=>'Imager/Font/FreeType2.pm',
26 files=>'.*\.(pfa|pfb|otf|ttf|fon|fnt|dfont|pcf(\.gz)?)$',
29 class=>'Imager::Font::Image',
30 module=>'Imager/Font/Image.pm',
34 class=>'Imager::Font::Win32',
35 module=>'Imager/Font/Win32.pm',
39 # this currently should only contain file based types, don't add w32
40 my @priority = qw(t1 tt ft2 ifs);
42 # when Imager::Font is loaded, Imager.xs has not been bootstrapped yet
43 # this function is called from Imager.pm to finish initialization
45 @priority = grep Imager::i_has_format($_), @priority;
46 delete @drivers{grep !Imager::i_has_format($_), keys %drivers};
50 # 1. start by checking if file is the parameter
51 # 1a. if so qualify path and compare to the cache.
52 # 2a. if in cache - take it's id from there and increment count.
58 my ($file, $type, $id);
59 my %hsh=(color => Imager::Color->new(255,0,0,0),
67 if ( $file !~ m/^\// ) {
70 $Imager::ERRSTR = "Font $file not found";
76 if (!defined($type) or !$drivers{$type}) {
77 for my $drv (@priority) {
79 my $re = $drivers{$drv}{files} or next;
80 if ($file =~ /$re/i) {
86 if (!defined($type)) {
87 $Imager::ERRSTR = "Font type not found";
90 } elsif ($hsh{face}) {
93 $Imager::ERRSTR="No font file specified";
97 if (!$Imager::formats{$type}) {
98 $Imager::ERRSTR = "`$type' not enabled";
102 # here we should have the font type or be dead already.
104 require $drivers{$type}{module};
105 return $drivers{$type}{class}->new(%hsh);
108 # returns first defined parameter
111 return $_ if defined $_;
118 my %input = ('x' => 0, 'y' => 0, @_);
119 unless ($input{image}) {
120 $Imager::ERRSTR = 'No image supplied to $font->draw()';
123 $input{string} = _first($input{string}, $input{text});
124 unless (defined $input{string}) {
125 $Imager::ERRSTR = "Missing required parameter 'string'";
128 $input{aa} = _first($input{aa}, $input{antialias}, $self->{aa}, 1);
129 # the original draw code worked this out but didn't use it
130 $input{align} = _first($input{align}, $self->{align});
131 $input{color} = _first($input{color}, $self->{color});
132 $input{color} = Imager::_color($input{'color'});
134 $input{size} = _first($input{size}, $self->{size});
135 unless (defined $input{size}) {
136 $input{image}{ERRSTR} = "No font size provided";
139 $input{align} = _first($input{align}, 1);
140 $input{utf8} = _first($input{utf8}, $self->{utf8}, 0);
141 $input{vlayout} = _first($input{vlayout}, $self->{vlayout}, 0);
143 $self->_draw(%input);
148 my %input = ( halign => 'left', valign => 'baseline',
149 'x' => 0, 'y' => 0, @_ );
151 my $text = _first($input{string}, $input{text});
152 unless (defined $text) {
153 Imager->_set_error("Missing required parameter 'string'");
157 # image needs to be supplied, but can be supplied as undef
158 unless (exists $input{image}) {
159 Imager->_set_error("Missing required parameter 'image'");
162 my $size = _first($input{size}, $self->{size});
163 my $utf8 = _first($input{utf8}, 0);
165 my $bbox = $self->bounding_box(string=>$text, size=>$size, utf8=>$utf8);
166 my $valign = $input{valign};
168 unless $valign && $valign =~ /^(?:top|center|bottom|baseline)$/;
170 my $halign = $input{halign};
172 unless $halign && $halign =~ /^(?:left|start|center|end|right)$/;
177 if ($valign eq 'top') {
180 elsif ($valign eq 'center') {
181 $y += $bbox->ascent - $bbox->text_height / 2;
183 elsif ($valign eq 'bottom') {
184 $y += $bbox->descent;
186 # else baseline is the default
188 if ($halign eq 'left') {
189 $x -= $bbox->start_offset;
191 elsif ($halign eq 'start') {
194 elsif ($halign eq 'center') {
195 $x -= $bbox->start_offset + $bbox->total_width / 2;
197 elsif ($halign eq 'end' || $halign eq 'right') {
198 $x -= $bbox->start_offset + $bbox->total_width - 1;
204 delete @input{qw/x y/};
205 $self->draw(%input, 'x' => $x, 'y' => $y, align=>1)
207 # for my $i (1 .. length $text) {
208 # my $work = substr($text, 0, $i);
209 # my $bbox = $self->bounding_box(string=>$work, size=>$size, utf8=>$utf8);
210 # my $nx = $x + $bbox->end_offset;
211 # $input{image}->setpixel(x=>[ ($nx) x 5 ],
212 # 'y'=>[ $y-2, $y-1, $y, $y+1, $y+2 ],
217 return ($x+$bbox->start_offset, $y-$bbox->ascent,
218 $x+$bbox->end_offset, $y-$bbox->descent+1);
225 if (!exists $input{'string'}) {
226 $Imager::ERRSTR='string parameter missing';
229 $input{size} ||= $self->{size};
230 $input{sizew} = _first($input{sizew}, $self->{sizew}, 0);
231 $input{utf8} = _first($input{utf8}, $self->{utf8}, 0);
233 my @box = $self->_bounding_box(%input);
236 if(@box && exists $input{'x'} and exists $input{'y'}) {
237 my($gdescent, $gascent)=@box[1,3];
238 $box[1]=$input{'y'}-$gascent; # top = base - ascent (Y is down)
239 $box[3]=$input{'y'}-$gdescent; # bottom = base - descent (Y is down, descent is negative)
240 $box[0]+=$input{'x'};
241 $box[2]+=$input{'x'};
242 } elsif (@box && $input{'canon'}) {
243 $box[3]-=$box[1]; # make it cannoical (ie (0,0) - (width, height))
249 require Imager::Font::BBox;
251 return Imager::Font::BBox->new(@box);
258 # I'm assuming a default of 72 dpi
261 $Imager::ERRSTR = "Setting dpi not implemented for this font type";
273 # this is split into transform() and _transform() so we can
274 # implement other tags like: degrees=>12, which would build a
275 # 12 degree rotation matrix
276 # but I'll do that later
277 unless ($hsh{matrix}) {
278 $Imager::ERRSTR = "You need to supply a matrix";
282 return $self->_transform(%hsh);
286 $Imager::ERRSTR = "This type of font cannot be transformed";
299 @priority = grep Imager::i_has_format($_), @_;
310 Imager::Font - Font handling for Imager.
314 $t1font = Imager::Font->new(file => 'pathtofont.pfb');
315 $ttfont = Imager::Font->new(file => 'pathtofont.ttf');
316 $w32font = Imager::Font->new(face => 'Times New Roman');
318 $blue = Imager::Color->new("#0000FF");
319 $font = Imager::Font->new(file => 'pathtofont.ttf',
330 $right_bearing) = $font->bounding_box(string=>"Foo");
332 $logo = $font->logo(text => "Slartibartfast Enterprises",
336 # logo is proposed - doesn't exist yet
339 $img->string(font => $font,
347 # Documentation in Imager.pm
351 This module handles creating Font objects used by imager. The module
352 also handles querying fonts for sizes and such. If both T1lib and
353 freetype were avaliable at the time of compilation then Imager should
354 be able to work with both truetype fonts and t1 postscript fonts. To
355 check if Imager is t1 or truetype capable you can use something like
359 print "Has truetype" if $Imager::formats{tt};
360 print "Has t1 postscript" if $Imager::formats{t1};
361 print "Has Win32 fonts" if $Imager::formats{w32};
362 print "Has Freetype2" if $Imager::formats{ft2};
368 This creates a font object to pass to functions that take a font argument.
370 $font = Imager::Font->new(file => 'denmark.ttf',
376 This creates a font which is the truetype font denmark.ttf. It's
377 default color is $blue, default size is 30 pixels and it's rendered
378 antialised by default. Imager can see which type of font a file is by
379 looking at the suffix of the filename for the font. A suffix of 'ttf'
380 is taken to mean a truetype font while a suffix of 'pfb' is taken to
381 mean a t1 postscript font. If Imager cannot tell which type a font is
382 you can tell it explicitly by using the C<type> parameter:
384 $t1font = Imager::Font->new(file => 'fruitcase', type => 't1');
385 $ttfont = Imager::Font->new(file => 'arglebarf', type => 'tt');
387 The C<index> parameter is used to select a single face from a font
388 file containing more than one face, for example, from a Macintosh font
389 suitcase or a .dfont file.
391 If any of the C<color>, C<size> or C<aa> parameters are omitted when
392 calling C<Imager::Font->new()> the they take the following values:
394 color => Imager::Color->new(255, 0, 0, 0); # this default should be changed
399 To use Win32 fonts supply the facename of the font:
401 $font = Imager::Font->new(face=>'Arial Bold Italic');
403 There isn't any access to other logical font attributes, but this
404 typically isn't necessary for Win32 TrueType fonts, since you can
405 contruct the full name of the font as above.
407 Other logical font attributes may be added if there is sufficient demand.
411 Returns the bounding box for the specified string. Example:
420 $right_bearing) = $font->bounding_box(string => "A Fool");
422 my $bbox_object = $font->bounding_box(string => "A Fool");
428 the relative start of a the string. In some
429 cases this can be a negative number, in that case the first letter
430 stretches to the left of the starting position that is specified in
431 the string method of the Imager class
433 =item C<$global_descent>
435 how far down the lowest letter of the entire font reaches below the
436 baseline (this is often j).
440 how wide the string from
441 the starting position is. The total width of the string is
442 C<$pos_width-$neg_width>.
448 the same as <$global_descent> and <$global_ascent> except that they
449 are only for the characters that appear in the string.
451 =item C<$advance_width>
453 the distance from the start point that the next string output should
454 start at, this is often the same as C<$pos_width>, but can be
455 different if the final character overlaps the right side of its
458 =item C<$right_bearing>
460 The distance from the right side of the final glyph to the end of the
461 advance width. If the final glyph overflows the advance width this
466 Obviously we can stuff all the results into an array just as well:
468 @metrics = $font->bounding_box(string => "testing 123");
470 Note that extra values may be added, so $metrics[-1] isn't supported.
471 It's possible to translate the output by a passing coordinate to the
474 @metrics = $font->bounding_box(string => "testing 123", x=>45, y=>34);
476 This gives the bounding box as if the string had been put down at C<(x,y)>
477 By giving bounding_box 'canon' as a true value it's possible to measure
478 the space needed for the string:
480 @metrics = $font->bounding_box(string=>"testing",size=>15,canon=>1);
482 This returns tha same values in $metrics[0] and $metrics[1],
485 $bbox[2] - horizontal space taken by glyphs
486 $bbox[3] - vertical space taken by glyphs
488 Returns an L<Imager::Font::BBox> object in scalar context, so you can
489 avoid all those confusing indices. This has methods as named above,
490 with some extra convenience methods.
494 This is a method of the Imager class but because it's described in
495 here since it belongs to the font routines. Example:
498 $img->read(file=>"test.jpg");
499 $img->string(font=>$t1font,
505 $img->write(file=>"testout.jpg");
507 This would put a 40 pixel high text in the top left corner of an
508 image. If you measure the actuall pixels it varies since the fonts
509 usually do not use their full height. It seems that the color and
510 size can be specified twice. When a font is created only the actual
511 font specified matters. It his however convenient to store default
512 values in a font, such as color and size. If parameters are passed to
513 the string function they are used instead of the defaults stored in
516 The following parameters can be supplied to the string() method:
522 The text to be rendered. If this isn't present the 'text' parameter
523 is used. If neither is present the call will fail.
527 If non-zero the output will be anti-aliased.
533 The start point for rendering the text. See the align parameter.
537 If non-zero the point supplied in (x,y) will be on the base-line, if
538 zero then (x,y) will be at the top-left of the first character.
542 If present, the text will be written to the specified channel of the
543 image and the color parameter will be ignore.
547 The color to draw the text in.
551 The point-size to draw the text at.
555 For drivers that support it, the width to draw the text at. Defaults
556 to be value of the 'size' parameter.
560 For drivers that support it, treat the string as UTF8 encoded. For
561 versions of perl that support Unicode (5.6 and later), this will be
562 enabled automatically if the 'string' parameter is already a UTF8
563 string. See L<UTF8> for more information.
567 For drivers that support it, draw the text vertically. Note: I
568 haven't found a font that has the appropriate metrics yet.
572 If string() is called with the C<channel> parameter then the color
573 isn't used and the font is drawn in only one channel of the image.
574 This can be quite handy to create overlays. See the examples for tips
577 Sometimes it is necessary to know how much space a string takes before
578 rendering it. The bounding_box() method described earlier can be used
581 =item align(string=>$text, size=>$size, x=>..., y=>..., valign => ..., halign=>...)
583 Higher level text output - outputs the text aligned as specified
584 around the given point (x,y).
586 # "Hello" centered at 100, 100 in the image.
587 my ($left, $top, $bottom, $right) =
588 $font->align(string=>"Hello",
590 halign=>'center', valign=>'center',
593 Takes the same parameters as $font->draw(), and the following extra
606 Point is at the top of the text.
610 Point is at the bottom of the text.
614 Point is on the baseline of the text (default.)
618 Point is vertically centered within the text.
628 The point is at the left of the text.
632 The point is at the start point of the text.
636 The point is horizontally centered within the text.
640 The point is at the right end of the text.
644 The point is at the right end of the text. This will change to the
645 end point of the text (once the proper bounding box interfaces are
652 The image to draw to. Set to C<undef> to avoid drawing but still
653 calculate the bounding box.
657 Returns a list specifying the bounds of the drawn text.
661 =item dpi(xdpi=>$xdpi, ydpi=>$ydpi)
665 Set retrieve the spatial resolution of the image in dots per inch.
666 The default is 72 dpi.
668 This isn't implemented for all font types yet.
670 =item transform(matrix=>$matrix)
672 Applies a transformation to the font, where matrix is an array ref of
673 numbers representing a 2 x 3 matrix:
675 [ $matrix->[0], $matrix->[1], $matrix->[2],
676 $matrix->[3], $matrix->[4], $matrix->[5] ]
678 Not all font types support transformations, these will return false.
680 It's possible that a driver will disable hinting if you use a
681 transformation, to prevent discontinuities in the transformations.
682 See the end of the test script t/t38ft2font.t for an example.
684 Currently only the ft2 (Freetype 2.x) driver supports the transform()
687 =item has_chars(string=>$text)
689 Checks if the characters in $text are defined by the font.
691 In a list context returns a list of true or false value corresponding
692 to the characters in $text, true if the character is defined, false if
693 not. In scalar context returns a string of NUL or non-NUL
694 characters. Supports UTF8 where the font driver supports UTF8.
696 Not all fonts support this method (use $font->can("has_chars") to
701 This method doesn't exist yet but is under consideration. It would mostly
702 be helpful for generating small tests and such. Its proposed interface is:
704 $img = $font->logo(string=>"Plan XYZ", color=>$blue, border=>7);
706 This would be nice for writing (admittedly multiline) one liners like:
708 Imager::Font->new(file=>"arial.ttf", color=>$blue, aa=>1)
709 ->string(text=>"Plan XYZ", border=>5)
710 ->write(file=>"xyz.png");
714 Returns the internal name of the face. Not all font types support
717 =item glyph_names(string=>$string [, utf8=>$utf8 ][, reliable_only=>0 ] );
719 Returns a list of glyph names for each of the characters in the
720 string. If the character has no name then C<undef> is returned for
723 Some font files do not include glyph names, in this case Freetype 2
724 will not return any names. Freetype 1 can return standard names even
725 if there are no glyph names in the font.
727 Freetype 2 has an API function that returns true only if the font has
728 "reliable glyph names", unfortunately this always returns false for
729 TTF fonts. This can avoid the check of this API by supplying
730 C<reliable_only> as 0. The consequences of using this on an unknown
731 font may be unpredictable, since the Freetype documentation doesn't
732 say how those name tables are unreliable, or how FT2 handles them.
734 Both Freetype 1.x and 2.x allow support for glyph names to not be
739 =head1 MULTIPLE MASTER FONTS
741 The Freetype 2 driver supports multiple master fonts:
747 Test if the font is a multiple master font.
751 Returns a list of the axes that can be changes in the font. Each
752 entry is an array reference which contains:
762 minimum value for this axis.
766 maximum value for this axis
770 =item set_mm_coords(coords=>\@values)
772 Blends an interpolated design from the master fonts. @values must
773 contain as many values as there are axes in the font.
777 For example, to select the minimum value in each axis:
779 my @axes = $font->mm_axes;
780 my @coords = map $_->[1], @axes;
781 $font->set_mm_coords(coords=>\@coords);
783 It's possible other drivers will support multiple master fonts in the
784 future, check if your selected font object supports the is_mm() method
785 using the can() method.
789 There are 2 ways of rendering Unicode characters with Imager:
795 For versions of perl that support it, use perl's native UTF8 strings.
796 This is the simplest method.
800 Hand build your own UTF8 encoded strings. Only recommended if your
801 version of perl has no UTF8 support.
805 Imager won't construct characters for you, so if want to output
806 unicode character 00C3 "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS", and
807 your font doesn't support it, Imager will I<not> build it from 0041
808 "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A" and 0308 "COMBINING DIAERESIS".
810 =head2 Native UTF8 Support
812 If your version of perl supports UTF8 and the driver supports UTF8,
813 just use the $im->string() method, and it should do the right thing.
815 =head2 Build your own
817 In this case you need to build your own UTF8 encoded characters.
821 $x = pack("C*", 0xE2, 0x80, 0x90); # character code 0x2010 HYPHEN
823 You need to be be careful with versions of perl that have UTF8
824 support, since your string may end up doubly UTF8 encoded.
828 $x = "A\xE2\x80\x90\x41\x{2010}";
829 substr($x, -1, 0) = "";
830 # at this point $x is has the UTF8 flag set, but has 5 characters,
831 # none, of which is the constructed UTF8 character
833 The test script t/t38ft2font.t has a small example of this after the
836 # an attempt using emulation of UTF8
838 =head1 DRIVER CONTROL
840 If you don't supply a 'type' parameter to Imager::Font->new(), but you
841 do supply a 'file' parameter, Imager will attempt to guess which font
842 driver to used based on the extension of the font file.
844 Since some formats can be handled by more than one driver, a priority
845 list is used to choose which one should be used, if a given format can
846 be handled by more than one driver.
848 The current priority can be retrieved with:
850 @drivers = Imager::Font->priorities();
852 You can set new priorities and save the old priorities with:
854 @old = Imager::Font->priorities(@drivers);
856 If you supply driver names that are not currently supported, they will
859 Imager supports both T1Lib and Freetype2 for working with Type 1
860 fonts, but currently only T1Lib does any caching, so by default T1Lib
861 is given a higher priority. Since Imager's Freetype2 support can also
862 do font transformations, you may want to give that a higher priority:
864 my @old = Imager::Font->priorities(qw(tt ft2 t1));
868 Arnar M. Hrafnkelsson, addi@umich.edu
869 And a great deal of help from others - see the README for a complete
874 You need to modify this class to add new font types.
878 Imager(3), Imager::Font::FreeType2(3), Imager::Font::Type1(3),
879 Imager::Font::Win32(3), Imager::Font::Truetype(3), Imager::Font::BBox(3)
881 http://imager.perl.org/