[Papervision3D] TrueType Parser + Font3D = Runtime Font Loading

[Mark Barcinski]

That's great,

Thanks James!

On Dec 30, 2008, at 12:57 PM, James wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> You are welcome to use any of the code you see fit.
>
> I'll be working on the font library as time allows.
> Hopefully there will be working code by the end of January.
>
>
> Regards,
> James
>
> Mark Barcinski wrote:
>>
>> James Thanks!
>>
>> This is fantastic!!!!!!!
>>  I was planing to do this for a long time, never found the time to  
>> do it though. I hope you don't mind if your code finds it's way  
>> into papervision.
>>
>> I'm also very excited about your leaner fornt parsing lib, any  
>> hints on when it will be ready ? :)
>>
>>
>> speedok,
>>
>>> The conversion etc. will be done real time right? Using it the  
>>> 'old' way
>>> with the font creator wouldn't that be faster ?
>>
>> It's the convenience that really matters, you can just use any font  
>> you've got and see how it looks in your scene without the painful  
>> process of font class creation.
>>
>>
>> Great work and thanks for sharing!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 28, 2008, at 7:23 PM, James wrote:
>>
>>> Hey speedok,
>>>> Guess it's handy in the pv3d library then or is it only the way  
>>>> you are
>>>> handeling the fonts ?
>>> If the char passed to VectorLetter3D does not exist in the font,  
>>> Flash throws an error due to a null object reference.
>>> This happens for any font.
>>>> The conversion etc. will be done real time right? Using it the  
>>>> 'old' way
>>>> with the font creator wouldn't that be faster ?
>>> Yes, the font is generated during runtime.
>>> For most circumstances it would be best to use a font that has  
>>> already been converted to vector commands.
>>> Parsing a font file takes more time and memory than using a  
>>> compiled font.
>>>
>>> I did this more because I already had the necessary pieces and  
>>> just needed to stick them together than anything else.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James Hight
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> speedok wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Aloha James,
>>>>
>>>> Good stuff !
>>>>
>>>> just wondering you wrote:
>>>> I did make a small change to the Papervision3D library. Some of  
>>>> the font
>>>> files do not have a complete character set. This can cause  
>>>> VectorLetter3D to
>>>> choke.
>>>>
>>>> -> Guess it's handy in the pv3d library then or is it only the  
>>>> way you are
>>>> handeling the fonts ?
>>>>
>>>> The conversion etc. will be done real time right? Using it the  
>>>> 'old' way
>>>> with the font creator wouldn't that be faster ?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, real nice work and thanks for the share !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In org.papervision3d.typography.VectorLetter3D, around line 40 I  
>>>> added:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James-203 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been messing with fonts for another project and thought I'd  
>>>>> try
>>>>> retasking some of the code to create Font3D objects from  
>>>>> TrueType font
>>>>> files.
>>>>> Use is straight forward.  Pass the font file ByteArray to
>>>>> Font3DLoader.load and it generates a Font3D object.
>>>>>
>>>>> var font3D:Font3D = Font3DLoader.load(trueTypeByteArray);
>>>>>
>>>>> You can see a demo here: http://labs.zavoo.com/?p=105
>>>>> Source code is available here:
>>>>> http://labs.zavoo.com/content/flex/DynamicFont3D/srcview/ 
>>>>> index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I did add a check to VectorLetter3D.getLetterFromFont(). Not all  
>>>>> fonts
>>>>> have a complete set of characters.
>>>>>
>>>>> if (_font.motifs.hasOwnProperty(_char)) {
>>>>>     createVertices(_font.motifs[_char]);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> James Hight
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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