README.md

HersheyVectorFonts

A C++ library for working with the Hershey vector fonts.

Overview

This library contains classes for representing glyphs of the Hershey vector fonts, for strings of glyphs, and for the fonts themselves. Also provided are interfaces to the Cairo graphics library and the Xlib library, for drawing using the Hershey vector fonts.

Example usage

#include "hershey.hpp"
#include "hershey_cairo.hpp"

int main() {

    // Cairo initialisation
    cairo_surface_t *surface;
    cairo_t *cr;
    
    surface = cairo_pdf_surface_create("hello_world.pdf", 240, 80);
    cr = cairo_create(surface);
    
    cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
    cairo_set_line_width(cr, 1);

    // Hershey usage
    Hershey::Font hershey_font("complexroman");
    Hershey::String hershey_text(hershey_font, "Hello, world!");

    draw_glyphs(cr, hershey_text, 13, 40, 1);
    cairo_stroke(cr);
    cairo_show_page(cr);

    // Cairo clean-up
    cairo_surface_destroy(surface);
    cairo_destroy(cr);

    return 0;
}

See the docs for more details and examples, as well as the API documentation.