README.md



FreeType Module
This FreeType module allows you to draw strings with outlines and bitmaps.

Installation
harfbuzz is requested to convert UTF8 to gid(GlyphID).
freetype library is requested to rasterize given gid.
harfbuzz https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz/
freetype https://www.freetype.org/

Usage
cv::freetype::FreeType2 ft2;
ft2.loadFontData("your-font.ttf", 0);
ft2.setSplitNumber( 4 ); // Bezier-line is splited by 4 segment.
ft2.putText(src, .... )

Option

2nd argument of loadFontData is used if font file has many font data.
3 drawing mode is available.
-- outline mode is used if lineWidth is larger than 0. (like original putText)
-- bitmap  mode is used if lineWidth is less than 0.
--- 1bit bitmap mode is used if lineStyle is 4 or 8.
--- gray bitmap mode is used if lineStyle is 16.


Future work

test
-- CJK and ...
RTL,LTR,TTB,BTT...