# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # FreeType high-level python API - Copyright 2011 Nicolas P. Rougier # Distributed under the terms of the new BSD license. # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ''' Show how to access glyph outline description. ''' from freetype import * if __name__ == '__main__': import numpy import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.path import Path import matplotlib.patches as patches face = Face('./Vera.ttf') face.set_char_size( 48*64 ) face.load_char('S') slot = face.glyph outline = slot.outline points = numpy.array(outline.points, dtype=[('x',float), ('y',float)]) x, y = points['x'], points['y'] figure = plt.figure(figsize=(8,10)) axis = figure.add_subplot(111) #axis.scatter(points['x'], points['y'], alpha=.25) start, end = 0, 0 VERTS, CODES = [], [] # Iterate over each contour for i in range(len(outline.contours)): end = outline.contours[i] points = outline.points[start:end+1] points.append(points[0]) tags = outline.tags[start:end+1] tags.append(tags[0]) segments = [ [points[0],], ] for j in range(1, len(points) ): segments[-1].append(points[j]) if tags[j] & (1 << 0) and j < (len(points)-1): segments.append( [points[j],] ) verts = [points[0], ] codes = [Path.MOVETO,] for segment in segments: if len(segment) == 2: verts.extend(segment[1:]) codes.extend([Path.LINETO]) elif len(segment) == 3: verts.extend(segment[1:]) codes.extend([Path.CURVE3, Path.CURVE3]) else: verts.append(segment[1]) codes.append(Path.CURVE3) for i in range(1,len(segment)-2): A,B = segment[i], segment[i+1] C = ((A[0]+B[0])/2.0, (A[1]+B[1])/2.0) verts.extend([ C, B ]) codes.extend([ Path.CURVE3, Path.CURVE3]) verts.append(segment[-1]) codes.append(Path.CURVE3) VERTS.extend(verts) CODES.extend(codes) start = end+1 # Draw glyph lines path = Path(VERTS, CODES) glyph = patches.PathPatch(path, facecolor='.75', lw=1) # Draw "control" lines for i, code in enumerate(CODES): if code == Path.CURVE3: CODES[i] = Path.LINETO path = Path(VERTS, CODES) patch = patches.PathPatch(path, ec='.5', fill=False, ls='dashed', lw=1 ) axis.add_patch(patch) axis.add_patch(glyph) axis.set_xlim(x.min()-100, x.max()+100) plt.xticks([]) axis.set_ylim(y.min()-100, y.max()+100) plt.yticks([]) plt.show()