# Adapted from http://cairographics.org/freetypepython/ import ctypes import cairo import sys 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, 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_STATUS_SUCCESS != _cairo_so.cairo_font_face_status (cr_face): raise Exception("Error creating cairo font face for " + filename) _cairo_so.cairo_set_font_face (cairo_t, cr_face) if CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS != _cairo_so.cairo_status (cairo_t): raise Exception("Error creating cairo font face for " + filename) face = cairo_ctx.get_font_face () indexes = lambda char: _freetype_so.FT_Get_Char_Index(ft_face, ord(char)) return (face, indexes)