A library that helps create pixel style fonts.
Project description
Pixel Font Builder
A library that helps create pixel style fonts.
Installation
pip install pixel-font-builder
Usage
import datetime
import shutil
from examples import build_dir
from pixel_font_builder import FontBuilder, WeightName, SerifStyle, SlantStyle, WidthMode, Glyph, opentype
def main():
outputs_dir = build_dir.joinpath('create')
if outputs_dir.exists():
shutil.rmtree(outputs_dir)
outputs_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
builder = FontBuilder()
builder.font_metric.font_size = 12
builder.font_metric.horizontal_layout.ascent = 10
builder.font_metric.horizontal_layout.descent = -2
builder.font_metric.vertical_layout.ascent = 6
builder.font_metric.vertical_layout.descent = -6
builder.font_metric.x_height = 5
builder.font_metric.cap_height = 7
builder.meta_info.version = '1.0.0'
builder.meta_info.created_time = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat('2024-01-01T00:00:00Z')
builder.meta_info.modified_time = builder.meta_info.created_time
builder.meta_info.family_name = 'My Pixel'
builder.meta_info.weight_name = WeightName.REGULAR
builder.meta_info.serif_style = SerifStyle.SANS_SERIF
builder.meta_info.slant_style = SlantStyle.NORMAL
builder.meta_info.width_mode = WidthMode.MONOSPACED
builder.meta_info.manufacturer = 'Pixel Font Studio'
builder.meta_info.designer = 'TakWolf'
builder.meta_info.description = 'A demo pixel font.'
builder.meta_info.copyright_info = 'Copyright (c) TakWolf'
builder.meta_info.license_info = 'This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.'
builder.meta_info.vendor_url = 'https://github.com/TakWolf/pixel-font-builder'
builder.meta_info.designer_url = 'https://takwolf.com'
builder.meta_info.license_url = 'https://openfontlicense.org'
builder.meta_info.sample_text = 'Hello World!'
builder.character_mapping.update({
ord('A'): 'CAP_LETTER_A',
})
builder.glyphs.append(Glyph(
name='.notdef',
advance_width=8,
advance_height=12,
horizontal_origin=(0, -2),
vertical_origin_y=0,
bitmap=[
[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
],
))
builder.glyphs.append(Glyph(
name='CAP_LETTER_A',
advance_width=8,
advance_height=12,
horizontal_origin=(0, -2),
vertical_origin_y=0,
bitmap=[
[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
],
))
builder.save_otf(outputs_dir.joinpath('my-pixel.otf'))
builder.save_otf(outputs_dir.joinpath('my-pixel.woff2'), flavor=opentype.Flavor.WOFF2)
builder.save_ttf(outputs_dir.joinpath('my-font.ttf'))
builder.save_bdf(outputs_dir.joinpath('my-font.bdf'))
builder.save_pcf(outputs_dir.joinpath('my-font.pcf'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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