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

@@ -15,29 +15,25 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include "msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.h"
+#include "math/SHMatrix.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
   struct SH_API SHFontAsset : SHAssetData
   {
+    using GlyphData = std::tuple<msdfgen::unicode_t, SHMatrix>;
+
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* MEMBER VARIABLES                                                      */
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-    //! Individual glyph data
-    std::vector<msdf_atlas::GlyphGeometry> glyphData;
-
-    //! MSDF's data structure containing the raw data of the atlas
-    msdfgen::Bitmap<msdfgen::byte, 3> fontBitmap;
-
-    //! Used for getting data of the font
-    msdf_atlas::FontGeometry fontGeometry;
-
-    //! Handle to the font loaded. We will use this when we initialize font data.
-    //! This is mainly the asset part of fonts.
-    msdfgen::FontHandle* fontHandle;
-
     //! Name of the shader file (without parent path)
-    std::string fontName;
+    //std::string fontName;
+
+    //! Data containing character and uv transformation data and other misc data
+    std::vector<GlyphData> glyphTransformations;
+
+    //! The actual data of the atlas to go into the binary
+    std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[]> bitmapData;
 
 
   };

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

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+#include "SHpch.h"
+#include "SHFontCompiler.h"
+#include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFreetypeInstance.h"
+#include "Assets/Asset Types/SHFontAsset.h"
+#include "Math/Vector/SHVec2.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*!
+  
+    \brief
+      Given a valid ptr to a font asset and relevant data, initialize the data
+      inside the font asset. See SHFontAsset for details.
+    
+    \param fontAsset
+      The ptr to the font asset.
+
+    \param glyphData
+      Individual glyph data.
+
+    \param fontBitmap
+      Actual bitmap data
+
+    \param fontGeometry
+     Font geometry required to get advance
+
+  */
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  void SHFontCompiler::WriteToFontAsset(SHFontAsset* fontAsset, std::vector<msdf_atlas::GlyphGeometry> const& glyphData, msdfgen::Bitmap<msdfgen::byte, 3> const& fontBitmap, msdf_atlas::FontGeometry const& fontGeometry) noexcept
+  {
+    if (!fontAsset)
+      return;
+
+    uint32_t numGlyphs = static_cast<uint32_t>(glyphData.size());
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < numGlyphs; ++i)
+    {
+      // bounding box of the glyph in atlas
+    	double atlasL = 0.0, atlasR = 0.0, atlasT = 0.0, atlasB = 0.0;
+
+      // bounding box of glyph as it should be placed on the baseline
+      double atlasPL = 0.0, atlasPR = 0.0, atlasPT = 0.0, atlasPB = 0.0;
+
+      // initialize the bounding boxes
+      glyphData[i].getQuadAtlasBounds(atlasL, atlasB, atlasR, atlasT);
+      glyphData[i].getQuadPlaneBounds(atlasPL, atlasPB, atlasPR, atlasPT);
+
+      // normalize the bounding box to (0 - 1).
+      atlasL /= fontBitmap.width();
+      atlasR /= fontBitmap.width();
+      atlasT /= fontBitmap.height();
+      atlasB /= fontBitmap.height();
+
+      // Normalized texture dimensions
+      SHVec2 const NORMALIZED_TEX_DIMS{ static_cast<float> (atlasR - atlasL), static_cast<float> (atlasT - atlasB) };
+
+      // When we render the quad, it has to correctly scale depending on what letter/glyph we are rendering. This is for that scale.
+      SHVec2 const QUAD_SCALE { static_cast<float> (atlasPR - atlasL), static_cast<float> (atlasT - atlasB) };
+
+      // initialize a matrix for uv and quad transformation data
+      SHMatrix transformData
+      {
+        // For scaling the tex coords
+        NORMALIZED_TEX_DIMS[0],       0.0f,                     0.0f,                        0.0f, 
+        0.0f,                       NORMALIZED_TEX_DIMS[1],     0.0f,                        0.0f, 
+
+        // For translating the tex coords
+        static_cast<float>(atlasL), static_cast<float>(atlasB), 1.0f,                        0.0f, 
+
+        // Stores the transformation for a quad to correctly shape the glyph (first 2 values) and the bearing (last 2)
+        QUAD_SCALE[0],              QUAD_SCALE[1],              static_cast<float>(atlasPL), static_cast<float>(atlasPB)
+      };
+
+      // Initialize new data (we want the matrix transposed for shader use)
+      SHFontAsset::GlyphData newData = std::make_tuple(glyphData[i].getCodepoint(), SHMatrix::Transpose(transformData));
+
+      // Push 1 set of data for a character/glyph into the asset.
+      fontAsset->glyphTransformations.push_back(newData);
+    }
+
+    // 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));
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*!
+  
+    \brief
+      Loads and compiles a font to binary format. Returns a path to the binary
+      data (XQ please confirm kor kor thanks <3).
+    
+    \param path
+      Path to the font file (truetype font file) to load.
+   
+    \return 
+      Path to newly created binary data.
+  
+  */
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  std::optional<AssetPath> SHFontCompiler::LoadAndCompileFont(AssetPath path) noexcept
+  {
+    msdfgen::FontHandle* fontHandle = nullptr;
+    
+    // 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());
+
+    // Compile a font asset
+    auto* fontAsset = CompileFontToMemory(fontHandle);
+
+    // No path to binary format
+    if (!fontAsset)
+      return {};
+
+    CompileFontToBinary(path, *fontAsset);
+
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  /*!
+  
+    \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
+      asset.
+    
+    \param fontHandle
+      MSDF font handle required to initialize member variables in SHFontAsset.
+   
+    \return 
+      A pointer to a brand new font asset.
+  
+  */
+  /***************************************************************************/
+  SHADE::SHFontAsset const* SHFontCompiler::CompileFontToMemory(msdfgen::FontHandle* fontHandle) noexcept
+  {
+    // Individual glyph geometry
+    std::vector<msdf_atlas::GlyphGeometry> glyphData;
+
+    // Actual bitmap data
+    msdfgen::Bitmap<msdfgen::byte, 3> fontBitmap;
+
+    // Font geometry required to get advance
+    msdf_atlas::FontGeometry fontGeometry (&glyphData);
+
+    // Load char set
+    fontGeometry.loadCharset(fontHandle, 1.0, msdf_atlas::Charset::ASCII);
+
+    // Apply MSDF edge coloring
+    const double maxCornerAngle = 3.0;
+    for (msdf_atlas::GlyphGeometry& glyph : glyphData)
+      glyph.edgeColoring(&msdfgen::edgeColoringInkTrap, maxCornerAngle, 0);
+
+    // configure parameters for atlas generation
+    msdf_atlas::TightAtlasPacker atlasPacker;
+    atlasPacker.setDimensionsConstraint(msdf_atlas::TightAtlasPacker::DimensionsConstraint::SQUARE);
+
+    atlasPacker.setMinimumScale(64.0);
+    atlasPacker.setPixelRange(2.0);
+    atlasPacker.setMiterLimit(1.0);
+    atlasPacker.pack(glyphData.data(), static_cast<int>(glyphData.size()));
+
+    // Get the dimensions after applying parameters
+    int width = 0, height = 0;
+    atlasPacker.getDimensions(width, height);
+
+   // generate the atlas
+    msdf_atlas::ImmediateAtlasGenerator<float, 3, msdf_atlas::msdfGenerator, msdf_atlas::BitmapAtlasStorage<float, 3>> generator(width, height);
+    msdf_atlas::GeneratorAttributes genAttribs;
+    generator.setAttributes(genAttribs);
+    generator.setThreadCount(4);
+    generator.generate(glyphData.data(), static_cast<int>(glyphData.size()));
+
+    fontBitmap = std::move(((msdfgen::Bitmap<msdfgen::byte, 3>&&)generator.atlasStorage()));
+
+    // at this point we have all the required data to initialize a font asset.
+
+    // Dynamically allocate new asset
+    SHFontAsset* newAsset = new SHFontAsset();
+
+    // Now we populate it with data
+    WriteToFontAsset(newAsset, glyphData, fontBitmap, fontGeometry);
+
+    return newAsset;
+  }
+
+  std::string SHFontCompiler::CompileFontToBinary(AssetPath path, SHFontAsset const& asset) noexcept
+  {
+    std::string newPath{ path.string() };
+    newPath = newPath.substr(0, newPath.find_last_of('.'));
+    newPath += SHADER_BUILT_IN_EXTENSION.data();
+
+    std::ofstream file{ newPath, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc };
+
+    //file.write(
+    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&data.shaderType), sizeof(uint8_t)
+    //);
+
+    //size_t const byteCount = sizeof(uint32_t) * data.spirvBinary.size();
+
+    //file.write(
+    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(&byteCount), sizeof(size_t)
+    //);
+
+    //file.write(
+    //  reinterpret_cast<char const*>(data.spirvBinary.data()), byteCount
+    //);
+
+    file.close();
+
+    return newPath;
+  }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Assets/SHAssetMacros.h"
+#include "msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.h"
+
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  class SHFontAsset;
+
+  class SHFontCompiler
+  {
+  private:
+    static void WriteToFontAsset (SHFontAsset* fontAsset, std::vector<msdf_atlas::GlyphGeometry> const& glyphData, msdfgen::Bitmap<msdfgen::byte, 3> const& fontBitmap, msdf_atlas::FontGeometry const& fontGeometry) noexcept;
+  	
+  public:
+    static std::optional<AssetPath> LoadAndCompileFont (AssetPath path) noexcept;
+    static SHFontAsset const*       CompileFontToMemory  (msdfgen::FontHandle* fontHandle) noexcept;
+    static std::string              CompileFontToBinary  (AssetPath path, SHFontAsset const& asset) noexcept;
+    
+  };
+}

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

@@ -7,46 +7,18 @@ namespace SHADE
 {
   SHADE::SHAssetData* SHFontLoader::Load(AssetPath path)
   {
-    //auto result = new SHFontAsset();
-
-    //// save the font name
-    //result->fontName = path.stem().stem().string();
-
-    //result->fontHandle = msdfgen::loadFont(SHFreetypeInstance::GetFreetypeHandle(), path.string().c_str());
-
-    ////result->fontGeometry = msdf_atlas::FontGeometry(&result->glyphData);
-
-    //result->fontGeometry.loadCharset(font, 1.0f, msdf_atlas::Charset::ASCII);
-
-    //// Apply MSDF edge coloring
-    //const double maxCornerAngle = 3.0;
-    //for (GlyphGeometry& glyph : glyphData)
-    //  glyph.edgeColoring(&msdfgen::edgeColoringInkTrap, maxCornerAngle, 0);
-
-    //TightAtlasPacker atlasPacker;
-    //atlasPacker.setDimensionsConstraint(TightAtlasPacker::DimensionsConstraint::SQUARE);
-
-    //atlasPacker.setMinimumScale(64.0);
-    //atlasPacker.setPixelRange(2.0);
-    //atlasPacker.setMiterLimit(1.0);
-    //atlasPacker.pack(glyphData.data(), static_cast<int>(glyphData.size()));
-
-
-    //int width = 0, height = 0;
-    //atlasPacker.getDimensions(width, height);
-
-    //ImmediateAtlasGenerator<float, 3, msdfGenerator, BitmapAtlasStorage<float, 3>> generator(width, height);
-    //GeneratorAttributes genAttribs;
-    //generator.setAttributes(genAttribs);
-    //generator.setThreadCount(4);
-    //generator.generate(glyphData.data(), static_cast<int>(glyphData.size()));
-
-
     return nullptr;
   }
 
   void SHFontLoader::Write(SHAssetData const* data, AssetPath path)
   {
+    /* 
+      Stuff to write to binary file : 
+      - Interleaved per character data
+        - codepoint (actual character)
+        - 4x4 Matrix data (stores UV transform + extra data)
+      - Actual atlas texture
+    */ 
 
   }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetMacros.h

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ constexpr std::string_view META_EXTENSION {".shmeta"};
 constexpr std::string_view AUDIO_EXTENSION {".ogg"};
 constexpr std::string_view AUDIO_WAV_EXTENSION {".wav"};
 constexpr std::string_view SHADER_EXTENSION{ ".shshader" };
-constexpr std::string_view SHADER_BUILT_IN_EXTENSION{".shshaderb"};
+constexpr std::string_view SHADER_BUILT_IN_EXTENSION{ ".shshaderb" };
+constexpr std::string_view FONT_EXTENSION{ ".shfont" };
 constexpr std::string_view SCRIPT_EXTENSION {".cs"};
 constexpr std::string_view SCENE_EXTENSION {".shade"};
 constexpr std::string_view PREFAB_EXTENSION {".shprefab"};
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ constexpr std::string_view EXTENSIONS[] = {
 	AUDIO_EXTENSION,
 	SHADER_EXTENSION,
   SHADER_BUILT_IN_EXTENSION,
+  FONT_EXTENSION,
 	MATERIAL_EXTENSION,
 	TEXTURE_EXTENSION,
   MODEL_EXTENSION,

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsSystem.cpp

@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     lightingSubSystem = resourceManager.Create<SHLightingSubSystem>();
     lightingSubSystem->Init(device, descPool);
+
+    SHFreetypeInstance::Init();
   }
 
   void SHGraphicsSystem::InitBuiltInResources(void)