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text-modules

A collection of modules for processing, manipulating, and rendering text and fonts in Node and the browser. Please open an issue or submit a PR for suggestions/improvements.

contents

• Articles
• Font Processing
• Bitmap Text
• Vector Text

<a id="articles" href="#articles">#</a> Articles

• Material Design on the GPU
• Drawing Text with Signed Distance Fields in MapboxGL
• Improved Alpha-Test Magnification for Vector Textures
• Multi-Channel Distance Field Font Rendering

<a id="font-processing" href="#font-processing">#</a> Font Processing

• opentype.js
• freetype2
• node-fontnik

<a id="bitmap-text" href="#bitmap-text">#</a> Bitmap Text

generation tools

• BMFont (Windows only)
• Hiero
• GlyphDesigner
• Littera
• gdx-fontpack
• bmGlyph

command-line tools

• image-sdf get an image's Signed Distance Field
• convert-bmfont convert BMFont from one format to another

parsing

Parses BMFont file formats to a standardized JSON.

• parse-bmfont-xml
• parse-bmfont-ascii
• parse-bmfont-binary
• unpack-bmfonts unpacks a binary of multiple BMFonts

writing

Writes to a specific format.

• write-bmfont-binary
• pack-bmfonts packs multiple BMFonts into a single binary file

loading

• load-bmfont loads various BMFont file formats in Node/Browser

rendering

• word-wrapper wraps words based on arbitrary 2D glyphs
• layout-bmfont-text word-wraps and lays out text glyphs
• three-bmfont-text renders BMFont files in ThreeJS
• gl-sprite-text renders BMFont files in stackgl
• font-atlas populate a Canvas with bitmap font glyphs

testing

• bmfont-lato Lato packed as a BMFont for testing

misc

• sdf-bitmap-glyphs
• ndarray-bin-pack
• distance-transform

<a id="vector-text" href="#vector-text">#</a> Vector Text

generation

• vectorize-text render a string to a vectorized cell complex

triangulation

• cdt2d numerically robust delaunay triangulation
• earcut small and fast triangulation module
• triangulate-polyline simple abstraction atop cdt2d
• triangulate-contours triangulate using Tess2

curves

• cubic-hermite-spline
• b-spline
• bezier-curve
• adaptive-bezier-curve
• adaptive-quadratic-curve
• cat-rom-spline
• bezier-easing

paths

• simplify-path - simplify using radial distance and Douglas-Peucker
• chaikin-smooth - Chaikin's smoothing algorithm for a polyline
• robust-orientation and is-clockwise for polygon orientation