Is there a good way for displaying unicode text in opengl under Windows? For example, when you have to deal with different languages. The most common approach like
#define FONTLISTRANGE 128
GLuint list;
list = glGenLists(FONTLISTRANGE);
wglUseFontBitmapsW(hDC, 0, FONTLISTRANGE, list);
just won't do because you can't create enough lists for all unicode characters.
You may have to generate you own "glyph cache" in texture memory as you go, potentially with some sort of LRU policy to avoid destroying all of the texture memory. Not nearly as easy as your current method, but may be the only way given the number of unicode chars
You could also group the characters by language. Load each language table as needed, and when you need to switch languages, unload the previous language table and load the new one.
You should also check out the FTGL library.
FTGL is a free cross-platform Open Source C++ library that uses Freetype2 to simplify rendering fonts in OpenGL applications. FTGL supports bitmaps, pixmaps, texture maps, outlines, polygon mesh, and extruded polygon rendering modes.
This project was dormant for awhile, but is recently back under development. I haven't updated my project to use the latest version, but you should check it out.
It allows for using any True Type Font via the FreeType font library.
I recommend reading this OpenGL font tutorial. It's for the D programming language but it's a nice introduction to various issues involved in implementing a glyph caching system for rendering text with OpenGL. The tutorial covers Unicode compliance, antialiasing, and kerning techniques.
D is pretty comprehensible to anyone who knows C++ and most of the article is about the general techniques, not the implementation language.
Queso GLC is great for this, I've used it to render Chinese and Cyrillic characters in 3D.
http://quesoglc.sourceforge.net/
The Unicode text sample it comes with should get you started.
Id recommend FTGL as already recommended above, however I have implemented a freetype/OpenGL renderer myself and thought you might find the code handy if you want reinvent this wheel yourself. I'd really recommend FTGL though, its a lot less hassle to use. :)
* glTextRender class by Semi Essessi
*
* FreeType2 empowered text renderer
*
*/
#include "glTextRender.h"
#include "jEngine.h"
#include "glSystem.h"
#include "jMath.h"
#include "jProfiler.h"
#include "log.h"
#include <windows.h>
FT_Library glTextRender::ftLib = 0;
//TODO::maybe fix this so it use wchar_t for the filename
glTextRender::glTextRender(jEngine* j, const char* fontName, int size = 12)
{
#ifdef _DEBUG
jProfiler profiler = jProfiler(L"glTextRender::glTextRender");
#endif
char fontName2[1024];
memset(fontName2,0,sizeof(char)*1024);
sprintf(fontName2,"fonts\\%s",fontName);
if(!ftLib)
{
#ifdef _DEBUG
wchar_t fn[128];
mbstowcs(fn,fontName,strlen(fontName)+1);
LogWriteLine(L"\x25CB\x25CB\x25CF Font: %s was requested before FreeType was initialised", fn);
#endif
return;
}
// constructor code for glTextRender
e=j;
gl = j->gl;
red=green=blue=alpha=1.0f;
face = 0;
// remember that for some weird reason below font size 7 everything gets scrambled up
height = max(6,(int)floorf((float)size*((float)gl->getHeight())*0.001666667f));
aHeight = ((float)height)/((float)gl->getHeight());
setPosition(0.0f,0.0f);
// look in base fonts dir
if(FT_New_Face(ftLib, fontName2, 0, &face ))
{
// if we dont have it look in windows fonts dir
char buf[1024];
GetWindowsDirectoryA(buf,1024);
strcat(buf, "\\fonts\\");
strcat(buf, fontName);
if(FT_New_Face(ftLib, buf, 0, &face ))
{
//TODO::check in mod fonts directory
#ifdef _DEBUG
wchar_t fn[128];
mbstowcs(fn,fontName,strlen(fontName)+1);
LogWriteLine(L"\x25CB\x25CB\x25CF Request for font: %s has failed", fn);
#endif
face = 0;
return;
}
}
// FreeType uses 64x size and 72dpi for default
// doubling size for ms
FT_Set_Char_Size(face, mulPow2(height,7), mulPow2(height,7), 96, 96);
// set up cache table and then generate the first 256 chars and the console prompt character
for(int i=0;i<65536;i++)
{
cached[i]=false;
width[i]=0.0f;
}
for(unsigned short i = 0; i < 256; i++) getChar((wchar_t)i);
getChar(CHAR_PROMPT);
#ifdef _DEBUG
wchar_t fn[128];
mbstowcs(fn,fontName,strlen(fontName)+1);
LogWriteLine(L"\x25CB\x25CB\x25CF Font: %s loaded OK", fn);
#endif
}
glTextRender::~glTextRender()
{
// destructor code for glTextRender
for(int i=0;i<65536;i++)
{
if(cached[i])
{
glDeleteLists(listID[i],1);
glDeleteTextures(1,&(texID[i]));
}
}
// TODO:: work out stupid freetype crashz0rs
try
{
static int foo = 0;
if(face && foo < 1)
{
foo++;
FT_Done_Face(face);
face = 0;
}
}
catch(...)
{
face = 0;
}
}
// return true if init works, or if already initialised
bool glTextRender::initFreeType()
{
if(!ftLib)
{
if(!FT_Init_FreeType(&ftLib)) return true;
else return false;
} else return true;
}
void glTextRender::shutdownFreeType()
{
if(ftLib)
{
FT_Done_FreeType(ftLib);
ftLib = 0;
}
}
void glTextRender::print(const wchar_t* str)
{
// store old stuff to set start position
glPushAttrib(GL_TRANSFORM_BIT);
// get viewport size
GLint viewport[4];
glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewport);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity();
gluOrtho2D(viewport[0],viewport[2],viewport[1],viewport[3]);
glPopAttrib();
float color[4];
glGetFloatv(GL_CURRENT_COLOR, color);
glPushAttrib(GL_LIST_BIT | GL_CURRENT_BIT | GL_ENABLE_BIT | GL_TRANSFORM_BIT);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity();
glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
//glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
// set blending for AA
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
glTranslatef(xPos,yPos,0.0f);
glColor4f(red,green,blue,alpha);
// call display lists to render text
glListBase(0u);
for(unsigned int i=0;i<wcslen(str);i++) glCallList(getChar(str[i]));
// restore old states
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glPopMatrix();
glPopAttrib();
glColor4fv(color);
glPushAttrib(GL_TRANSFORM_BIT);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glPopMatrix();
glPopAttrib();
}
void glTextRender::printf(const wchar_t* str, ...)
{
if(!str) return;
wchar_t* buf = 0;
va_list parg;
va_start(parg, str);
// allocate buffer
int len = (_vscwprintf(str, parg)+1);
buf = new wchar_t[len];
if(!buf) return;
vswprintf(buf, str, parg);
va_end(parg);
print(buf);
delete[] buf;
}
GLuint glTextRender::getChar(const wchar_t c)
{
int i = (int)c;
if(cached[i]) return listID[i];
// load glyph and get bitmap
if(FT_Load_Glyph(face, FT_Get_Char_Index(face, i), FT_LOAD_DEFAULT )) return 0;
FT_Glyph glyph;
if(FT_Get_Glyph(face->glyph, &glyph)) return 0;
FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap(&glyph, FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL, 0, 1);
FT_BitmapGlyph bitmapGlyph = (FT_BitmapGlyph)glyph;
FT_Bitmap& bitmap = bitmapGlyph->bitmap;
int w = roundPow2(bitmap.width);
int h = roundPow2(bitmap.rows);
// convert to texture in memory
GLubyte* texture = new GLubyte[2*w*h];
for(int j=0;j<h;j++)
{
bool cond = j>=bitmap.rows;
for(int k=0;k<w;k++)
{
texture[2*(k+j*w)] = 0xFFu;
texture[2*(k+j*w)+1] = ((k>=bitmap.width)||cond) ? 0x0u : bitmap.buffer[k+bitmap.width*j];
}
}
// store char width and adjust max height
// note .5f
float ih = 1.0f/((float)gl->getHeight());
width[i] = ((float)divPow2(face->glyph->advance.x, 7))*ih;
aHeight = max(aHeight,(.5f*(float)bitmap.rows)*ih);
glPushAttrib(GL_LIST_BIT | GL_CURRENT_BIT | GL_ENABLE_BIT | GL_TRANSFORM_BIT);
// create gl texture
glGenTextures(1, &(texID[i]));
glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texID[i]);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA8, w, h, 0, GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, texture);
glPopAttrib();
delete[] texture;
// create display list
listID[i] = glGenLists(1);
glNewList(listID[i], GL_COMPILE);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texID[i]);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glPushMatrix();
// adjust position to account for texture padding
glTranslatef(.5f*(float)bitmapGlyph->left, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glTranslatef(0.0f, .5f*(float)(bitmapGlyph->top-bitmap.rows), 0.0f);
// work out texcoords
float tx=((float)bitmap.width)/((float)w);
float ty=((float)bitmap.rows)/((float)h);
// render
// note .5f
glBegin(GL_QUADS);
glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex2f(0.0f, .5f*(float)bitmap.rows);
glTexCoord2f(0.0f, ty);
glVertex2f(0.0f, 0.0f);
glTexCoord2f(tx, ty);
glVertex2f(.5f*(float)bitmap.width, 0.0f);
glTexCoord2f(tx, 0.0f);
glVertex2f(.5f*(float)bitmap.width, .5f*(float)bitmap.rows);
glEnd();
glPopMatrix();
// move position for the next character
// note extra div 2
glTranslatef((float)divPow2(face->glyph->advance.x, 7), 0.0f, 0.0f);
glEndList();
// char is succesfully cached for next time
cached[i] = true;
return listID[i];
}
void glTextRender::setPosition(float x, float y)
{
float fac = ((float)gl->getHeight());
xPos = fac*x+FONT_BORDER_PIXELS; yPos = fac*(1-y)-(float)height-FONT_BORDER_PIXELS;
}
float glTextRender::getAdjustedWidth(const wchar_t* str)
{
float w = 0.0f;
for(unsigned int i=0;i<wcslen(str);i++)
{
if(cached[str[i]]) w+=width[str[i]];
else
{
getChar(str[i]);
w+=width[str[i]];
}
}
return w;
}
I need that class code (glTextrender) completely if its owner can upload it here or any other place that can I download it