Try to improve font rendering on Windows by using freetype for pango/cairo.v2.13.105

9 files changed, 82 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fonts/fonts.conf b/fonts/fonts.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f0403761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/fonts.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<fontconfig>
+<dir>C:\windows\fonts</dir>
+</fontconfig>
+
diff --git a/hacks/.gitignore b/hacks/.gitignore
index 01dc078a3..fbadc130f 100644
--- a/hacks/.gitignore
+++ b/hacks/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ subtitle_alignment/dcp_4/info
 subtitle_alignment/dcp_4/log
 subtitle_alignment/dcp_4/video
 pixfmts
+*.dll
+text.png
+text
+text.exe
+LOCAL_APPDATA_FONTCONFIG_CACHE
diff --git a/hacks/fonts.conf b/hacks/fonts.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f0403761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hacks/fonts.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<fontconfig>
+<dir>C:\windows\fonts</dir>
+</fontconfig>
+
diff --git a/hacks/text-win.sh b/hacks/text-win.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62e6fed4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hacks/text-win.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/opt/mxe/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared-g++ -o text.exe text.cc $(/opt/mxe/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared-pkg-config pkg-config --cflags --libs cairomm-1.0 glibmm-2.4 pangomm-1.4)
diff --git a/hacks/text.cc b/hacks/text.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf391a325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hacks/text.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include <cairomm/cairomm.h>
+#include <pangomm.h>
+#include <pangomm/init.h>
+#include <glibmm.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+int main ()
+{
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+	putenv ("PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND=fontconfig");
+	putenv ("FONTCONFIG_PATH=.");
+#endif
+
+	Pango::init ();
+
+	int const width = 640;
+	int const height = 480;
+	uint8_t* data = new uint8_t[width * height * 4];
+
+	Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::ImageSurface> surface = Cairo::ImageSurface::create (
+		data,
+		Cairo::FORMAT_ARGB32,
+		width, height,
+		/* Cairo ARGB32 means first byte blue, second byte green, third byte red, fourth byte alpha */
+		Cairo::ImageSurface::format_stride_for_width (Cairo::FORMAT_ARGB32, width)
+		);
+
+	Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context> context = Cairo::Context::create (surface);
+
+	Glib::RefPtr<Pango::Layout> layout = Pango::Layout::create (context);
+
+	context->set_source_rgb (1, 0.2, 0.3);
+	context->rectangle (0, 0, width, height);
+	context->fill ();
+
+	layout->set_alignment (Pango::ALIGN_LEFT);
+
+	context->set_line_width (1);
+	// Cairo::FontOptions fo;
+	// context->get_font_options (fo);
+	// fo.set_antialias (Cairo::ANTIALIAS_NONE);
+	// context->set_font_options (fo);
+
+	Pango::FontDescription font ("Arial");
+	layout->set_font_description (font);
+	layout->set_markup ("Hello world!");
+
+	layout->update_from_cairo_context (context);
+
+	context->set_source_rgb (1, 1, 1);
+	context->set_line_width (0);
+	context->move_to (0, 0);
+	context->scale (2, 2);
+	layout->show_in_cairo_context (context);
+
+	surface->write_to_png ("text.png");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/hacks/text.sh b/hacks/text.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f24e9be5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hacks/text.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+g++ -o text text.cc `pkg-config --cflags --libs cairomm-1.0 glibmm-2.4 pangomm-1.4`
+docker run -u $USER -w $(pwd) -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -e PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/mxe/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared/lib/pkgconfig -it windows /bin/bash text-win.sh
diff --git a/platform/windows/wscript b/platform/windows/wscript
index 5dc9cf182..3b8892997 100644
--- a/platform/windows/wscript
+++ b/platform/windows/wscript
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
 File "%resources%/../../fonts/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf"
 File "%resources%/../../fonts/LiberationSans-Italic.ttf"
 File "%resources%/../../fonts/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf"
+File "%resources%/../../fonts/fonts.conf"
 File "%graphics%/splash.png"
 File "%graphics%/zoom.png"
 File "%graphics%/zoom_all.png"
diff --git a/src/lib/render_text.cc b/src/lib/render_text.cc
index 2619b5d0d..7ae7d9152 100644
--- a/src/lib/render_text.cc
+++ b/src/lib/render_text.cc
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ render_line (list<StringText> subtitles, list<shared_ptr<Font> > fonts, dcp::Siz
 	layout->set_alignment (Pango::ALIGN_LEFT);
 
 	context->set_line_width (1);
-	Cairo::FontOptions fo;
-	context->get_font_options (fo);
-	fo.set_antialias (Cairo::ANTIALIAS_NONE);
-	context->set_font_options (fo);
 
 	/* Compute fade factor */
 	float fade_factor = 1;
diff --git a/src/lib/util.cc b/src/lib/util.cc
index cd2d2e753..ac1c96f97 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.cc
+++ b/src/lib/util.cc
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ dcpomatic_setup ()
 
 	set_terminate (terminate);
 
+#ifdef DCPOMATIC_WINDOWS
+	putenv ("PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND=fontconfig");
+	putenv (String::compose("FONTCONFIG_PATH=%1", shared_path().string()).c_str());
+#endif
+
 	Pango::init ();
 	dcp::init ();