SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/Asset Types/SHFontAsset.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! The actual data of the atlas to go into the binary
     std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[]> bitmapData;
 
-
+    //! size of the bitmap
+    uint32_t bitmapSize;
   };
 }

SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/Libraries/Compilers/SHFontCompiler.cpp

@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ namespace SHADE
       fontAsset->glyphTransformations.push_back(newData);
     }
 
+    uint32_t bytesRequired = fontBitmap.width() * fontBitmap.height() * 3 * sizeof(float);
+
     // copy data from bitmap to asset. Each channel is a 32 bit float and there are 3 channels.
-    fontAsset->bitmapData = std::make_unique<unsigned char[]>(fontBitmap.width() * fontBitmap.height() * 3 * sizeof (float));
+    fontAsset->bitmapData = std::make_unique<unsigned char[]>(bytesRequired);
+
+    fontAsset->bitmapSize = bytesRequired;
   }
 
   /***************************************************************************/
@@ -107,6 +111,8 @@ namespace SHADE
     // XQ I need your help for path manipulation to actually load the msdfgen::FontHandle here. Am I doing this correctly?
     fontHandle = msdfgen::loadFont(SHFreetypeInstance::GetFreetypeHandle(), path.string().c_str());
 
+    if (fontHandle)
+    {
       // Compile a font asset
       auto* fontAsset = CompileFontToMemory(fontHandle);
 
@@ -114,7 +120,10 @@ namespace SHADE
       if (!fontAsset)
         return {};
 
-    CompileFontToBinary(path, *fontAsset);
+      return CompileFontToBinary(path, *fontAsset);
+    }
+
+    SHLOG_ERROR("Unable to open font file: {}", path.string());
 
     return {};
   }
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   
     \brief
       This function takes in a font handle and generates a font asset from it.
-      It first geneates an atlas and all relevant data before creating the
+      It first generates an atlas and all relevant data before creating the
       asset.
     
     \param fontHandle
@@ -187,6 +196,24 @@ namespace SHADE
     return newAsset;
   }
 
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*! 
+   
+    \brief
+      After generating the asset we call this function to serialize the font
+      data into binary data.
+    
+    \param path
+      path to font file (?).
+
+    \param asset
+      Asset to write. 
+   
+    \return 
+      Path the asset.
+  
+  */ 
+  /***************************************************************************/
   std::string SHFontCompiler::CompileFontToBinary(AssetPath path, SHFontAsset const& asset) noexcept
   {
     std::string newPath{ path.string() };
@@ -195,19 +222,28 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     std::ofstream file{ newPath, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc };
 
-    //file.write(
-    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&data.shaderType), sizeof(uint8_t)
-    //);
+    uint32_t numGlyphs = asset.glyphTransformations.size();
 
-    //size_t const byteCount = sizeof(uint32_t) * data.spirvBinary.size();
+    // Write number of glyphs first
+    file.write(reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&numGlyphs), sizeof (uint32_t));
 
-    //file.write(
-    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&byteCount), sizeof(size_t)
-    //);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < numGlyphs; ++i)
+    {
+      auto const& [glyph, data] = asset.glyphTransformations[i]; 
+
+      // write the glyph first
+      file.write (reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&glyph), sizeof (msdfgen::unicode_t));
+
+      // then write the data next to it
+      file.write (reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&data), sizeof (SHMatrix));
+    }
+
+    // Write bytes required for bitmap
+    file.write(reinterpret_cast<char const*>(asset.bitmapSize), sizeof (uint32_t));
+
+    // now we write the actual bitmap
+    file.write (reinterpret_cast<char const*>(asset.bitmapData.get()), asset.bitmapSize);
 
-    //file.write(
-    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(data.spirvBinary.data()), byteCount
-    //);
 
     file.close();
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/Libraries/Loaders/SHFontLoader.cpp

@@ -2,11 +2,50 @@
 #include "SHFontLoader.h"
 #include "Assets/Asset Types/SHFontAsset.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFreetypeInstance.h"
+#include "msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
   SHADE::SHAssetData* SHFontLoader::Load(AssetPath path)
   {
+    auto newFontAsset = new SHFontAsset();
+
+    std::ifstream file{ path.string(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary };
+    if (!file.is_open())
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Unable to open compiled font file: {}", path.string());
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t numGlyphs = 0;
+
+    // read how many glyphs we have
+    file.read (reinterpret_cast<char*>(&numGlyphs), sizeof (uint32_t));
+
+    newFontAsset->glyphTransformations.resize(numGlyphs);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < numGlyphs; ++i)
+    {
+      // read the glyph
+      file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&std::get<0>(newFontAsset->glyphTransformations[i])), sizeof(msdfgen::unicode_t));
+
+      // Read the data for the glyph
+      file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&std::get<1>(newFontAsset->glyphTransformations[i])), sizeof(SHMatrix));
+    }
+
+    // Read bytes required for the bitmap
+    file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&newFontAsset->bitmapSize), sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+    // Read the bitmap
+    newFontAsset->bitmapData = std::make_unique<unsigned char[]>(newFontAsset->bitmapSize);
+    file.read (reinterpret_cast<char*>(newFontAsset->bitmapData.get()), newFontAsset->bitmapSize);
+
+    file.close();
+
     return nullptr;
   }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRendererComponent.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include "SHpch.h"
+#include "SHTextRendererComponent.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+
+  void SHTextRendererComponent::MakeDirty(void) noexcept
+  {
+    requiresRecompute = true;
+  }
+
+  void SHTextRendererComponent::Clean(void) noexcept
+  {
+    requiresRecompute = false;
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*! 
+   
+    \brief
+      On create the text has nothing.  
+    
+  */ 
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  void SHTextRendererComponent::OnCreate(void)
+  {
+    text = "";
+    requiresRecompute = true;
+
+    // Default white color.
+    color = SHColour::WHITE;
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*! 
+   
+    \brief
+      Sets the text to be rendered.
+    
+    \param newText
+      
+   
+    \return 
+  
+  */ 
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  void SHTextRendererComponent::SetText(std::string_view newText) noexcept
+  {
+    text = newText;
+    MakeDirty();
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*! 
+   
+    \brief
+      Getter for the text required to render.
+    
+    \return 
+      
+  
+  */ 
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  std::string const& SHTextRendererComponent::GetText(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return text;
+  }
+
+}

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRendererComponent.h

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include "ECS_Base/Components/SHComponent.h"
+#include "Math/SHColour.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  class SHTextRendererComponent final : public SHComponent
+  {
+  private:
+    //! Text required to be rendered
+    std::string text;
+  	
+    //! Color of the text
+    SHColour color;
+
+    //! Requires to recompute the positions of each glyph/character
+    bool requiresRecompute;
+
+    void MakeDirty (void) noexcept;
+    void Clean     (void) noexcept;
+
+  public:
+    void OnCreate(void) override final;
+
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    /* SETTERS AND GETTERS                                                   */
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    void               SetText (std::string_view newText) noexcept;
+    std::string const& GetText (void) const noexcept;
+
+
+  };
+}
+

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "SHpch.h"
+#include "SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  
+}

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Resource/SHHandle.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  class SHVkLogicalDevice;
+  class SHVkDescriptorPool;
+  class SHVkDescriptorSetGroup;
+  class SHVkDescriptorSetLayout;
+  class SHVkBuffer;
+  class SHLightComponent;
+  class SHVkCommandBuffer;
+
+
+  class SHTextRenderingSubSystem
+  {
+  private:
+  	
+  public:
+    void Init(Handle<SHVkLogicalDevice> device, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> descPool) noexcept;
+    void Run(uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
+    void Exit(void) noexcept;
+
+
+  };
+}