// DirectXTK MakeSpriteFont tool // // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // Licensed under the MIT License. // // http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929 using System; using System.IO; using System.Drawing; using System.Drawing.Imaging; namespace MakeSpriteFont { // Writes the output spritefont binary file. public static class SpriteFontWriter { const string spriteFontMagic = "DXTKfont"; const int DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM = 28; const int DXGI_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM = 115; const int DXGI_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM = 74; [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2202:Do not dispose objects multiple times")] public static void WriteSpriteFont(CommandLineOptions options, Glyph[] glyphs, float lineSpacing, Bitmap bitmap) { using (FileStream file = File.OpenWrite(options.OutputFile)) using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(file)) { WriteMagic(writer); WriteGlyphs(writer, glyphs); writer.Write(lineSpacing); writer.Write(options.DefaultCharacter); WriteBitmap(writer, options, bitmap); } } static void WriteMagic(BinaryWriter writer) { foreach (char magic in spriteFontMagic) { writer.Write((byte)magic); } } static void WriteGlyphs(BinaryWriter writer, Glyph[] glyphs) { writer.Write(glyphs.Length); foreach (Glyph glyph in glyphs) { writer.Write((int)glyph.Character); writer.Write(glyph.Subrect.Left); writer.Write(glyph.Subrect.Top); writer.Write(glyph.Subrect.Right); writer.Write(glyph.Subrect.Bottom); writer.Write(glyph.XOffset); writer.Write(glyph.YOffset); writer.Write(glyph.XAdvance); } } static void WriteBitmap(BinaryWriter writer, CommandLineOptions options, Bitmap bitmap) { writer.Write(bitmap.Width); writer.Write(bitmap.Height); switch (options.TextureFormat) { case TextureFormat.Rgba32: WriteRgba32(writer, bitmap); break; case TextureFormat.Bgra4444: WriteBgra4444(writer, bitmap); break; case TextureFormat.CompressedMono: WriteCompressedMono(writer, bitmap, options); break; default: throw new NotSupportedException(); } } // Writes an uncompressed 32 bit font texture. static void WriteRgba32(BinaryWriter writer, Bitmap bitmap) { writer.Write(DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM); writer.Write(bitmap.Width * 4); writer.Write(bitmap.Height); using (var bitmapData = new BitmapUtils.PixelAccessor(bitmap, ImageLockMode.ReadOnly)) { for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.Height; y++) { for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.Width; x++) { Color color = bitmapData[x, y]; writer.Write(color.R); writer.Write(color.G); writer.Write(color.B); writer.Write(color.A); } } } } // Writes a 16 bit font texture. static void WriteBgra4444(BinaryWriter writer, Bitmap bitmap) { writer.Write(DXGI_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM); writer.Write(bitmap.Width * sizeof(ushort)); writer.Write(bitmap.Height); using (var bitmapData = new BitmapUtils.PixelAccessor(bitmap, ImageLockMode.ReadOnly)) { for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.Height; y++) { for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.Width; x++) { Color color = bitmapData[x, y]; int r = color.R >> 4; int g = color.G >> 4; int b = color.B >> 4; int a = color.A >> 4; int packed = b | (g << 4) | (r << 8) | (a << 12); writer.Write((ushort)packed); } } } } // Writes a block compressed monochromatic font texture. static void WriteCompressedMono(BinaryWriter writer, Bitmap bitmap, CommandLineOptions options) { if ((bitmap.Width & 3) != 0 || (bitmap.Height & 3) != 0) { throw new ArgumentException("Block compression requires texture size to be a multiple of 4."); } writer.Write(DXGI_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM); writer.Write(bitmap.Width * 4); writer.Write(bitmap.Height / 4); using (var bitmapData = new BitmapUtils.PixelAccessor(bitmap, ImageLockMode.ReadOnly)) { for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.Height; y += 4) { for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.Width; x += 4) { CompressBlock(writer, bitmapData, x, y, options); } } } } // We want to compress our font textures, because, like, smaller is better, // right? But a standard DXT compressor doesn't do a great job with fonts that // are in premultiplied alpha format. Our font data is greyscale, so all of the // RGBA channels have the same value. If one channel is compressed differently // to another, this causes an ugly variation in brightness of the rendered text. // Also, fonts are mostly either black or white, with grey values only used for // antialiasing along their edges. It is very important that the black and white // areas be accurately represented, while the precise value of grey is less // important. // // Trouble is, your average DXT compressor knows nothing about these // requirements. It will optimize to minimize a generic error metric such as // RMS, but this will often sacrifice crisp black and white in exchange for // needless accuracy of the antialiasing pixels, or encode RGB differently to // alpha. UGLY! // // Fortunately, encoding monochrome fonts turns out to be trivial. Using DXT3, // we can fix the end colors as black and white, which gives guaranteed exact // encoding of the font inside and outside, plus two fractional values for edge // antialiasing. Also, these RGB values (0, 1/3, 2/3, 1) map exactly to four of // the possible 16 alpha values available in DXT3, so we can ensure the RGB and // alpha channels always exactly match. static void CompressBlock(BinaryWriter writer, BitmapUtils.PixelAccessor bitmapData, int blockX, int blockY, CommandLineOptions options) { long alphaBits = 0; int rgbBits = 0; int pixelCount = 0; for (int y = 0; y < 4; y++) { for (int x = 0; x < 4; x++) { long alpha; int rgb; int value = bitmapData[blockX + x, blockY + y].A; if (options.NoPremultiply) { // If we are not premultiplied, RGB is always white and we have 4 bit alpha. alpha = value >> 4; rgb = 0; } else { // For premultiplied encoding, quantize the source value to 2 bit precision. if (value < 256 / 6) { alpha = 0; rgb = 1; } else if (value < 256 / 2) { alpha = 5; rgb = 3; } else if (value < 256 * 5 / 6) { alpha = 10; rgb = 2; } else { alpha = 15; rgb = 0; } } // Add this pixel to the alpha and RGB bit masks. alphaBits |= alpha << (pixelCount * 4); rgbBits |= rgb << (pixelCount * 2); pixelCount++; } } // Output the alpha bit mask. writer.Write(alphaBits); // Output the two endpoint colors (black and white in 5.6.5 format). writer.Write((ushort)0xFFFF); writer.Write((ushort)0); // Output the RGB bit mask. writer.Write(rgbBits); } } }