Textorize

Introducing textorize (squint to read)

exploit OS X font rendering goodness through Ruby

pristine font rendering for the web

CSS “font-face” Flash-based replacement JS-based replacement Images

@font-face nightmare, license issues

sIFR 2 + 3 (beta)

sIFR 2 + 3 (beta) needs flash

sIFR 2 + 3 (beta) sluggish if overused

sIFR 2 + 3 (beta) fonts must be converted

sIFR 2 + 3 (beta) no subpixel AA

typeface.js, cufon.js

typeface.js, cufon.js no subpixel AA

typeface.js, cufon.js complicated font conversion, large .js files

typeface.js, cufon.js license issues

Photoshop 12pt Consolas, no AA 12pt Consolas, “sharp” 12pt Consolas, “crisp”

modern fonts can’t handle no Photoshop AA 12pt Consolas, no AA 12pt Consolas, “sharp” 12pt Consolas, “crisp”

Photoshop 12pt Consolas, no AA 12pt Consolas, “sharp” 12pt Consolas, “crisp” artifacts on curves

Photoshop 12pt Consolas, no AA 12pt Consolas, “sharp” spacing issues 12pt Consolas, “crisp”

Photoshop 12pt Consolas, no AA 12pt Consolas, “sharp” 12pt Consolas, “crisp” no subpixel AA

with Photoshop, automation from a CLI is difficult

ImageMagick convert -‐background white -‐fill black -‐font Consolas.ttf -‐pointsize 12 label:OMFGZ omfgz.png

letter ImageMagick spacing fail convert -‐background white -‐fill black -‐font Consolas.ttf -‐pointsize 12 label:OMFGZ omfgz.png

no subpixel AA ImageMagick convert -‐background white -‐fill black -‐font Consolas.ttf -‐pointsize 12 label:OMFGZ omfgz.png

ImageMagick pixelsoup convert -‐background white -‐fill black -‐font Consolas.ttf -‐pointsize 12 label:OMFGZ omfgz.png

(cc) Luís Flávio Loureiro dos Santos

textorize textorize.rb -‐f"Consolas" -‐s12 "OMFGZ"

textorize sub-pixel AA textorize.rb -‐f"Consolas" -‐s12 "OMFGZ"

textorize proper kerning textorize.rb -‐f"Consolas" -‐s12 "OMFGZ"

textorize CLI uses installed fonts

require 'osx/cocoa' module Textorize class Runner def initialize(string, output, options) app = OSX::NSApplication.sharedApplication delegate = RunnerApplication.alloc.init delegate.options = options delegate.string = string delegate.output = output app.setDelegate delegate app.run end end class RunnerApplication < OSX::NSObject include OSX attr_accessor :options attr_accessor :string attr_accessor :output def initialize @window = NSWindow.alloc.initWithContentRect_styleMask_backing_defer([150, 1500, 1000, 500], NSBorderlessWindowMask, 2, 0) end def applicationDidFinishLaunching(notification) renderer = Renderer.new(@window, @string, @options) Saver.new(renderer).write_to_file(@output) NSApplication.sharedApplication.terminate(nil) end end end

@text_view = NSTextView.alloc.initWithFrame([0,0,1000,100]) set_attribs options window.setContentView @text_view @text_view.setString string @text_view.sizeToFit window.display window.orderFrontRegardless

bitmap = NSBitmapImageRep.alloc.initWithFocusedViewRect (@text_view.bounds)

@png = bitmap.representationUsingType_properties(NSPNGFileType, nil) @png.writeToFile_atomically(file, true)

major annoyances (could be fixed) needs background color (or no subpixel AA) no text selection (IMHO a feature, not a bug) not searchable

http://script.aculo.us/thomas http://github.com/madrobby/textorize

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by Thomas Fuchs on Sep 26, 2009

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