# Adapted from http://cairographics.org/freetypepython/ import ctypes import sys import cairo CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0 FT_Err_Ok = 0 FT_LOAD_DEFAULT = 0x0 FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING = 0x2 FT_LOAD_FORCE_AUTOHINT = 0x20 FT_LOAD_NO_AUTOHINT = 0x8000 # find required libraries (platform specific) if sys.platform == "win32": ft_lib = "freetype6.dll" lc_lib = "libcairo-2.dll" else: ft_lib = "libfreetype.so.6" lc_lib = "libcairo.so.2" _freetype_so = ctypes.CDLL(ft_lib) _cairo_so = ctypes.CDLL(lc_lib) _cairo_so.cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face.restype = ctypes.c_void_p _cairo_so.cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_int] _cairo_so.cairo_set_font_face.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p] _cairo_so.cairo_font_face_status.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] _cairo_so.cairo_status.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] # initialize freetype _ft_lib = ctypes.c_void_p() if FT_Err_Ok != _freetype_so.FT_Init_FreeType(ctypes.byref(_ft_lib)): raise Exception("Error initialising FreeType library.") _surface = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.FORMAT_A8, 0, 0) class PycairoContext(ctypes.Structure): _fields_ = [ ("PyObject_HEAD", ctypes.c_byte * object.__basicsize__), ("ctx", ctypes.c_void_p), ("base", ctypes.c_void_p), ] def create_cairo_font_face_for_file(filename, faceindex=0, loadoptions=0): # create freetype face ft_face = ctypes.c_void_p() cairo_ctx = cairo.Context(_surface) cairo_t = PycairoContext.from_address(id(cairo_ctx)).ctx if FT_Err_Ok != _freetype_so.FT_New_Face( _ft_lib, filename.encode("ascii"), faceindex, ctypes.byref(ft_face) ): raise Exception("Error creating FreeType font face for " + filename) # create cairo font face for freetype face cr_face = _cairo_so.cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face(ft_face, loadoptions) if _cairo_so.cairo_font_face_status(cr_face) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS: raise Exception("Error creating cairo font face for " + filename) _cairo_so.cairo_set_font_face(cairo_t, cr_face) if _cairo_so.cairo_status(cairo_t) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS: raise Exception("Error creating cairo font face for " + filename) face = cairo_ctx.get_font_face() def indexes(char): return _freetype_so.FT_Get_Char_Index(ft_face, ord(char)) return (face, indexes)