font: bound the glyph cache; synthesize missing bold/italic

Signed-off-by: NotAShelf <raf@notashelf.dev>
Change-Id: I39a00a2847022f684060e94c816df7786a6a6964
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@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ dependencies = [
"memchr",
]
[[package]]
name = "allocator-api2"
version = "0.2.21"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
[[package]]
name = "anyhow"
version = "1.0.102"
@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
"calloop-wayland-source",
"fontconfig",
"freetype-rs",
"lru",
"pound",
"rustix",
"smithay-client-toolkit",
@ -146,6 +153,12 @@ version = "1.2.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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[[package]]
name = "errno"
version = "0.3.14"
@ -162,6 +175,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
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name = "foldhash"
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source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
[[package]]
name = "fontconfig"
version = "0.11.0"
@ -193,6 +212,17 @@ dependencies = [
"pkg-config",
]
[[package]]
name = "hashbrown"
version = "0.17.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
checksum = "ed5909b6e89a2db4456e54cd5f673791d7eca6732202bbf2a9cc504fe2f9b84a"
dependencies = [
"allocator-api2",
"equivalent",
"foldhash",
]
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@ -245,6 +275,15 @@ version = "0.4.32"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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dependencies = [
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]
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@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ calloop = "0.14.4"
calloop-wayland-source = "0.4.1"
fontconfig = "0.11.0"
freetype-rs = "0.38.0"
lru = "0.18.0"
pound = "0.1.6"
rustix = { version = "1.1.4", features = [
"pty",

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@ -4,19 +4,25 @@
//! FreeType rasterizes each glyph to an 8-bit coverage mask or, for colour
//! fonts, a pre-multiplied BGRA bitmap. Layout is fixed-cell, so a glyph's own
//! advance is never consulted - only the [`CellMetrics`] taken from the primary
//! face. All C interop is handled by the `freetype` and `fontconfig` safe
//! wrappers, so this module contains no `unsafe`.
//! face. C interop goes through the `freetype`/`fontconfig` safe wrappers; the
//! sole `unsafe` is reading a face's fixed-strike array (see `nearest_strike`).
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::fmt;
use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use fontconfig::{CharSet, Fontconfig, Pattern};
use freetype::bitmap::PixelMode;
use freetype::face::LoadFlag;
use freetype::{Face, Library};
use freetype::face::{LoadFlag, StyleFlag};
use freetype::{Face, Library, Matrix, Vector};
use lru::LruCache;
use thiserror::Error;
/// Upper bound on cached glyphs; the working set of a terminal is far smaller,
/// but this caps memory under adversarial all-of-Unicode output.
const GLYPH_CACHE_CAP: usize = 4096;
#[derive(Debug, Error)]
pub enum FontError {
#[error("FreeType: {0}")]
@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ pub struct Fonts {
styled: [Option<usize>; 4],
/// Fallback faces resolved by coverage, deduplicated by file path.
fallbacks: HashMap<PathBuf, usize>,
cache: HashMap<(char, usize), Glyph>,
cache: LruCache<(char, usize), Glyph>,
}
impl fmt::Debug for Fonts {
@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ impl Fonts {
faces: vec![regular],
styled: [Some(0), None, None, None],
fallbacks: HashMap::new(),
cache: HashMap::new(),
cache: LruCache::new(NonZeroUsize::new(GLYPH_CACHE_CAP).expect("cap is nonzero")),
})
}
@ -144,12 +150,18 @@ impl Fonts {
/// it on first use.
pub fn glyph(&mut self, c: char, style: Style) -> Result<&Glyph, FontError> {
let key = (c, style.index());
if !self.cache.contains_key(&key) {
let face = self.face_for(c, style)?;
let glyph = rasterize(&self.faces[face], c)?;
self.cache.insert(key, glyph);
if self.cache.get(&key).is_none() {
let idx = self.face_for(c, style)?;
let face = &self.faces[idx];
// Synthesize bold/italic only when the resolved face lacks the real
// variant (most monospace families ship both).
let flags = face.style_flags();
let synth_bold = style.bold && !flags.contains(StyleFlag::BOLD);
let synth_italic = style.italic && !flags.contains(StyleFlag::ITALIC);
let glyph = rasterize(face, c, synth_bold, synth_italic)?;
self.cache.put(key, glyph);
}
Ok(&self.cache[&key])
Ok(self.cache.get(&key).expect("glyph was just inserted"))
}
/// Pick the face that should render `c`: the requested style if it has the
@ -294,8 +306,23 @@ fn cell_metrics(face: &Face, family: &str) -> Result<CellMetrics, FontError> {
})
}
fn rasterize(face: &Face, c: char) -> Result<Glyph, FontError> {
face.load_char(c as usize, LoadFlag::RENDER | LoadFlag::COLOR)?;
fn rasterize(
face: &Face,
c: char,
synth_bold: bool,
synth_italic: bool,
) -> Result<Glyph, FontError> {
// A shear transform fakes italics on a face that has no real oblique. It is
// applied to the outline at load time, so reset it immediately after.
if synth_italic {
face.set_transform(&mut shear_matrix(), &mut Vector { x: 0, y: 0 });
}
let result = face.load_char(c as usize, LoadFlag::RENDER | LoadFlag::COLOR);
if synth_italic {
face.set_transform(&mut identity_matrix(), &mut Vector { x: 0, y: 0 });
}
result?;
let slot = face.glyph();
let bitmap = slot.bitmap();
let width = bitmap.width().max(0) as usize;
@ -303,12 +330,17 @@ fn rasterize(face: &Face, c: char) -> Result<Glyph, FontError> {
let pitch = bitmap.pitch();
let src = bitmap.buffer();
let data = match bitmap.pixel_mode()? {
let mut data = match bitmap.pixel_mode()? {
PixelMode::Gray => GlyphData::Mask(pack_rows(src, width, pitch, height)),
PixelMode::Bgra => GlyphData::Color(pack_rows(src, width * 4, pitch, height)),
PixelMode::Mono => GlyphData::Mask(expand_mono(src, width, pitch, height)),
_ => GlyphData::Mask(vec![0; width * height]),
};
// Fake bold by widening coverage one pixel to the right (colour glyphs are
// left alone - there is no such thing as a bold emoji).
if synth_bold && let GlyphData::Mask(mask) = &mut data {
embolden(mask, width, height);
}
Ok(Glyph {
left: slot.bitmap_left(),
@ -319,6 +351,35 @@ fn rasterize(face: &Face, c: char) -> Result<Glyph, FontError> {
})
}
fn shear_matrix() -> Matrix {
// ~0.2 horizontal shear in 16.16 fixed point.
Matrix {
xx: 0x1_0000,
xy: 0x3333,
yx: 0,
yy: 0x1_0000,
}
}
fn identity_matrix() -> Matrix {
Matrix {
xx: 0x1_0000,
xy: 0,
yx: 0,
yy: 0x1_0000,
}
}
/// Widen each row's coverage by one pixel (synthetic bold).
fn embolden(mask: &mut [u8], width: usize, height: usize) {
for y in 0..height {
let row = &mut mask[y * width..y * width + width];
for x in (1..width).rev() {
row[x] = row[x].max(row[x - 1]);
}
}
}
/// Copy `height` rows of `row_bytes` each out of FreeType's padded buffer,
/// honouring pitch sign (positive = top-down).
fn pack_rows(src: &[u8], row_bytes: usize, pitch: i32, height: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
@ -385,6 +446,15 @@ mod tests {
f.glyph(' ', Style::default()).expect("rasterize space");
}
#[test]
fn embolden_widens_coverage() {
// 3x2 mask, one lit pixel per row at x=1.
let mut mask = vec![0, 255, 0, 0, 200, 0];
embolden(&mut mask, 3, 2);
// Each lit pixel bleeds one column to the right; the left edge is unchanged.
assert_eq!(mask, vec![0, 255, 255, 0, 200, 200]);
}
#[test]
fn glyphs_are_cached() {
let mut f = fonts();