microtext

A single-header C(C99) library for modern text: Bidi, complex shaping, CJK, color emoji, and font fallback. macOS only for now (CoreText);

Quick start

Copy microtext.h into your working path and #define MICROTEXT_IMPLEMENTATION then you can go.

#define MICROTEXT_IMPLEMENTATION
#include "microtext.h"
...

    mt_font *f = mt_font_open("Helvetica Neue", 40.0f);   // NULL family = system UI font
    int w, h;
    mt_metrics m;
    unsigned char *rgba = mt_render(f, "Hello 你好 \U0001F3B5", -1,
                                    (mt_color){20, 20, 20, 255}, &w, &h, &m);
    // rgba is w*h 8-bit sRGB RGBA, straight alpha, top row first. Upload it, then:
    mt_free(rgba);
    mt_font_close(f);
...

Compile with the right backend deps (MacOS, that is coretext)

clang -std=c99 yourfile.c -o yourapp \
    -framework CoreText -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreFoundation

Integrate is simple, examples/demo_2_raylib.c show how to integrate into raylib

Development

See develop.md.

API & Internals

See doc.md.

License

MIT