/* CGUITTFont FreeType class for Irrlicht Copyright (c) 2009-2010 John Norman with changes from Luanti contributors: Copyright (c) 2016 Nathanaƫlle Courant Copyright (c) 2023 Caleb Butler This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required. 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software. 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. The original version of this class can be located at: http://irrlicht.suckerfreegames.com/ John Norman john@suckerfreegames.com */ #include "CGUITTFont.h" #include "log.h" #include "debug.h" #include "IGUIEnvironment.h" #include #include namespace gui { FT_Library SGUITTFace::freetype_library = nullptr; size_t SGUITTFace::n_faces = 0; FT_Library SGUITTFace::getFreeTypeLibrary() { if (freetype_library) return freetype_library; FT_Library ft; if (FT_Init_FreeType(&ft)) FATAL_ERROR("initializing freetype failed"); freetype_library = ft; return freetype_library; } SGUITTFace::SGUITTFace(std::string &&buffer) : face_buffer(std::move(buffer)) { memset((void*)&face, 0, sizeof(FT_Face)); n_faces++; } SGUITTFace::~SGUITTFace() { FT_Done_Face(face); n_faces--; // If there are no more faces referenced by FreeType, clean up. if (n_faces == 0) { assert(freetype_library); FT_Done_FreeType(freetype_library); freetype_library = nullptr; } } SGUITTFace* SGUITTFace::createFace(std::string &&buffer) { irr_ptr face(new SGUITTFace(std::move(buffer))); auto ft = getFreeTypeLibrary(); if (!ft) return nullptr; bool ok = FT_New_Memory_Face(ft, reinterpret_cast(face->face_buffer.data()), face->face_buffer.size(), 0, &face->face) == 0; return ok ? face.release() : nullptr; } SGUITTFace* SGUITTFace::loadFace(const io::path &filename) { irr_ptr face(new SGUITTFace("")); auto ft = getFreeTypeLibrary(); if (!ft) return nullptr; // Prefer FT_New_Face because it doesn't require loading everything // to memory. bool ok = FT_New_Face(ft, filename.c_str(), 0, &face->face) == 0; return ok ? face.release() : nullptr; } video::IImage* SGUITTGlyph::createGlyphImage(const FT_Bitmap& bits, video::IVideoDriver* driver) const { // Make sure our casts to s32 in the loops below will not cause problems if (bits.rows > INT32_MAX || bits.width > INT32_MAX) FATAL_ERROR("Insane font glyph size"); // Determine what our texture size should be. // Add 1 because textures are inclusive-exclusive. core::dimension2du d(bits.width + 1, bits.rows + 1); core::dimension2du texture_size; // Turn bitmap into an image video::IImage *image = nullptr; switch (bits.pixel_mode) { case FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO: { // Create a blank image and fill it with transparent pixels. texture_size = d.getOptimalSize(true, true); image = driver->createImage(video::ECF_A1R5G5B5, texture_size); image->fill(video::SColor(0, 255, 255, 255)); // Load the monochrome data in. const u32 image_pitch = image->getPitch() / sizeof(u16); u16* image_data = (u16*)image->getData(); u8* glyph_data = bits.buffer; for (s32 y = 0; y < (s32)bits.rows; ++y) { u16* row = image_data; for (s32 x = 0; x < (s32)bits.width; ++x) { // Monochrome bitmaps store 8 pixels per byte. The left-most pixel is the bit 0x80. // So, we go through the data each bit at a time. if ((glyph_data[y * bits.pitch + (x / 8)] & (0x80 >> (x % 8))) != 0) *row = 0xFFFF; ++row; } image_data += image_pitch; } break; } case FT_PIXEL_MODE_GRAY: { // Create our blank image. texture_size = d.getOptimalSize(!driver->queryFeature(video::EVDF_TEXTURE_NPOT), !driver->queryFeature(video::EVDF_TEXTURE_NSQUARE), true, 0); image = driver->createImage(video::ECF_A8R8G8B8, texture_size); image->fill(video::SColor(0, 255, 255, 255)); // Load the grayscale data in. const float gray_count = static_cast(bits.num_grays); const u32 image_pitch = image->getPitch() / sizeof(u32); u32* image_data = (u32*)image->getData(); u8* glyph_data = bits.buffer; for (s32 y = 0; y < (s32)bits.rows; ++y) { u8* row = glyph_data; for (s32 x = 0; x < (s32)bits.width; ++x) { image_data[y * image_pitch + x] |= static_cast(255.0f * (static_cast(*row++) / gray_count)) << 24; } glyph_data += bits.pitch; } break; } default: errorstream << "CGUITTFont: unknown pixel mode " << (int)bits.pixel_mode << std::endl; return 0; } return image; } void SGUITTGlyph::preload(u32 char_index, FT_Face face, CGUITTFont *parent, u32 font_size, const FT_Int32 loadFlags) { // Set the size of the glyph. FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face, 0, font_size); // Attempt to load the glyph. auto err = FT_Load_Glyph(face, char_index, loadFlags); if (err != FT_Err_Ok) { warningstream << "SGUITTGlyph: failed to load glyph " << char_index << " with error: " << (int)err << std::endl; return; } FT_GlyphSlot glyph = face->glyph; const FT_Bitmap &bits = glyph->bitmap; // Setup the glyph information here: advance = core::vector2di(glyph->advance.x, glyph->advance.y); offset = core::vector2di(glyph->bitmap_left, glyph->bitmap_top); // Try to get the last page with available slots. CGUITTGlyphPage* page = parent->getLastGlyphPage(); // If we need to make a new page, do that now. if (!page) { page = parent->createGlyphPage(bits.pixel_mode); if (!page) return; } // Allocate slot from page glyph_page = parent->getLastGlyphPageIndex(); u32 texture_side_length = page->texture->getOriginalSize().Width; core::vector2di page_position( (page->used_slots % (texture_side_length / font_size)) * font_size, (page->used_slots / (texture_side_length / font_size)) * font_size ); source_rect.UpperLeftCorner = page_position; source_rect.LowerRightCorner = core::vector2di(page_position.X + bits.width, page_position.Y + bits.rows); ++page->used_slots; --page->available_slots; // createGlyphImage can now be called, the next preload() call will however // invalidate the data in `bits`. } void SGUITTGlyph::unload() { // reset isLoaded to false source_rect = core::recti(); } bool CGUITTGlyphPage::createPageTexture(const u8 pixel_mode, const core::dimension2du texture_size) { if (texture) return false; bool flgmip = driver->getTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_CREATE_MIP_MAPS); driver->setTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_CREATE_MIP_MAPS, false); bool flgcpy = driver->getTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_ALLOW_MEMORY_COPY); driver->setTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_ALLOW_MEMORY_COPY, true); // Create texture switch (pixel_mode) { case FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO: texture = driver->addTexture(texture_size, name, video::ECF_A1R5G5B5); break; case FT_PIXEL_MODE_GRAY: default: texture = driver->addTexture(texture_size, name, video::ECF_A8R8G8B8); break; } // Restore texture creation flags driver->setTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_CREATE_MIP_MAPS, flgmip); driver->setTextureCreationFlag(video::ETCF_ALLOW_MEMORY_COPY, flgcpy); return texture ? true : false; } //! Updates the texture atlas with new glyphs. void CGUITTGlyphPage::updateTexture() { if (!isDirty()) return; void *ptr = texture->lock(); if (!ptr) return; video::ECOLOR_FORMAT format = texture->getColorFormat(); core::dimension2du size = texture->getOriginalSize(); video::IImage* pageholder = driver->createImageFromData(format, size, ptr, true, false); for (auto &it : glyph_to_be_paged) it.surface->copyTo(pageholder, it.glyph->source_rect.UpperLeftCorner); pageholder->drop(); texture->unlock(); glyph_to_be_paged.clear(); } ////////////////////// CGUITTFont *CGUITTFont::createTTFont(IGUIEnvironment *env, SGUITTFace *face, u32 size, bool antialias, bool preload, u32 shadow, u32 shadow_alpha) { CGUITTFont *font = new CGUITTFont(env); bool ret = font->load(face, size, antialias, true, preload); if (!ret) { font->drop(); return 0; } font->shadow_offset = shadow; font->shadow_alpha = shadow_alpha; return font; } ////////////////////// //! Constructor. CGUITTFont::CGUITTFont(IGUIEnvironment *env) : use_monochrome(false), use_hinting(true), use_auto_hinting(true), batch_load_size(1) { if (env) { // don't grab environment, to avoid circular references Driver = env->getVideoDriver(); } if (Driver) Driver->grab(); setInvisibleCharacters(L" "); } bool CGUITTFont::load(SGUITTFace *face, const u32 size, const bool antialias, const bool transparency, const bool preload) { if (!Driver || size == 0 || !face) return false; this->size = size; // Update the font loading flags when the font is first loaded this->use_monochrome = !antialias; update_load_flags(); // Store our face. face->grab(); tt_face = face->face; // Store font metrics. FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(tt_face, size, 0); font_metrics = tt_face->size->metrics; verbosestream << tt_face->num_glyphs << " glyphs, ascender=" << font_metrics.ascender << " height=" << font_metrics.height << std::endl; // Allocate our glyphs. Glyphs.clear(); Glyphs.set_used(tt_face->num_glyphs); // Cache the first 127 ASCII characters if (preload) { u32 old_size = batch_load_size; batch_load_size = 127; getGlyphIndexByChar(U' '); // char needs to exist, so pick space batch_load_size = old_size; } return true; } CGUITTFont::~CGUITTFont() { // Delete the glyphs and glyph pages. reset_images(); Glyphs.clear(); // Drop our driver now. if (Driver) Driver->drop(); } void CGUITTFont::reset_images() { // Delete the glyphs. for (u32 i = 0; i != Glyphs.size(); ++i) Glyphs[i].unload(); // Unload the glyph pages from video memory. for (u32 i = 0; i != Glyph_Pages.size(); ++i) delete Glyph_Pages[i]; Glyph_Pages.clear(); // Always update the internal FreeType loading flags after resetting. update_load_flags(); } void CGUITTFont::update_glyph_pages() const { for (u32 i = 0; i != Glyph_Pages.size(); ++i) { if (Glyph_Pages[i]->isDirty()) Glyph_Pages[i]->updateTexture(); } } CGUITTGlyphPage* CGUITTFont::getLastGlyphPage() const { if (Glyph_Pages.empty()) return nullptr; CGUITTGlyphPage *page = Glyph_Pages[getLastGlyphPageIndex()]; if (page->available_slots == 0) return nullptr; return page; } CGUITTGlyphPage* CGUITTFont::createGlyphPage(const u8 pixel_mode) { CGUITTGlyphPage *page = nullptr; // Name of our page. io::path name("glyph_"); name += tt_face->family_name; name += "."; name += tt_face->style_name; name += "."; name += size; name += "_"; name += Glyph_Pages.size(); // The newly created page will be at the end of the collection. // Create the new page. page = new CGUITTGlyphPage(Driver, name); // Determine our maximum texture size. core::dimension2du max_texture_size = Driver->getMaxTextureSize(); // We want to try to put at least 180 glyphs on a single texture. // magic number = floor(texture_size / sqrt(180)) core::dimension2du page_texture_size; if (size <= 19) page_texture_size = core::dimension2du(256, 256); else if (size <= 38) page_texture_size = core::dimension2du(512, 512); else if (size <= 76) page_texture_size = core::dimension2du(1024, 1024); else if (size <= 152) page_texture_size = core::dimension2du(2048, 2048); else page_texture_size = core::dimension2du(4096, 4096); if (page_texture_size.Width > max_texture_size.Width || page_texture_size.Height > max_texture_size.Height) page_texture_size = max_texture_size; if (!page->createPageTexture(pixel_mode, page_texture_size)) { errorstream << "CGUITTGlyphPage: failed to create texture (" << page_texture_size.Width << "x" << page_texture_size.Height << ")" << std::endl; delete page; return 0; } // Determine the number of glyph slots on the page and add it to the list of pages page->available_slots = (page_texture_size.Width / size) * (page_texture_size.Height / size); Glyph_Pages.push_back(page); return page; } void CGUITTFont::setFallback(gui::IGUIFont *font) { sanity_check(font != this); fallback.grab(font); } void CGUITTFont::setMonochrome(const bool flag) { use_monochrome = flag; reset_images(); } void CGUITTFont::setFontHinting(const bool enable, const bool enable_auto_hinting) { use_hinting = enable; use_auto_hinting = enable_auto_hinting; reset_images(); } void CGUITTFont::draw(const core::stringw& text, const core::rect& position, video::SColor color, bool hcenter, bool vcenter, const core::rect* clip) { // Allow colors to work for strings that have passed through irrlicht by catching // them here and converting them to enriched just before drawing. EnrichedString s(text.c_str(), color); draw(s, position, hcenter, vcenter, clip); } void CGUITTFont::draw(const EnrichedString &text, const core::rect& position, bool hcenter, bool vcenter, const core::rect* clip) { const auto &colors = text.getColors(); constexpr video::SColor fallback_color(255, 255, 255, 255); // if colors is too short if (!Driver) return; // Clear the glyph pages of their render information. for (u32 i = 0; i < Glyph_Pages.size(); ++i) { Glyph_Pages[i]->render_positions.clear(); Glyph_Pages[i]->render_source_rects.clear(); Glyph_Pages[i]->render_colors.clear(); } // Set up some variables. core::dimension2d textDimension; core::position2d offset = position.UpperLeftCorner; // Determine offset positions. if (hcenter || vcenter) { textDimension = getDimension(text.c_str()); if (hcenter) offset.X = ((position.getWidth() - textDimension.Width) / 2) + offset.X; if (vcenter) offset.Y = ((position.getHeight() - textDimension.Height) / 2) + offset.Y; } // Convert to a unicode string. const std::u32string utext = convertWCharToU32String(text.c_str()); const u32 lineHeight = getLineHeight(); // Start parsing characters. // The same logic is applied to `CGUITTFont::getDimension` char32_t previousChar = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < utext.size(); ++i) { char32_t currentChar = utext[i]; bool lineBreak = false; if (currentChar == U'\r') // Mac or Windows breaks { lineBreak = true; // `std::u32string` is '\0'-terminated, thus this check is OK if (utext[i + 1] == U'\n') // Windows line breaks. currentChar = utext[++i]; } else if (currentChar == U'\n') // Unix breaks { lineBreak = true; } if (lineBreak) { previousChar = 0; offset.Y += lineHeight; offset.X = position.UpperLeftCorner.X; if (hcenter) offset.X += (position.getWidth() - textDimension.Width) / 2; continue; } // Draw visible text SGUITTGlyph *glyph = nullptr; const u32 width = getWidthFromCharacter(currentChar); // Skip whitespace characters if (InvisibleChars.find(currentChar) != std::u32string::npos) goto skip_invisible; if (clip) { // Skip fully clipped characters. const core::recti rect( offset, offset + core::vector2di(width, lineHeight) ); if (!clip->isRectCollided(rect)) goto skip_invisible; } { // Retrieve the glyph const u32 n = getGlyphIndexByChar(currentChar); if (n > 0) glyph = &Glyphs[n - 1]; } if (glyph) { // Calculate the glyph offset. const s32 offx = glyph->offset.X; const s32 offy = (font_metrics.ascender / 64) - glyph->offset.Y; // Apply kerning. offset += getKerning(currentChar, previousChar); // Determine rendering information. CGUITTGlyphPage *const page = Glyph_Pages[glyph->glyph_page]; page->render_positions.emplace_back(offset.X + offx, offset.Y + offy); page->render_source_rects.push_back(glyph->source_rect); page->render_colors.push_back(i < colors.size() ? colors[i] : fallback_color); } else if (fallback) { // Let the fallback font draw it, this isn't super efficient but hopefully that doesn't matter wchar_t l1[] = { (wchar_t) currentChar, 0 }; // Apply kerning. offset += fallback->getKerning(*l1, (wchar_t) previousChar); fallback->draw(core::stringw(l1), core::rect({offset.X-1, offset.Y-1}, position.LowerRightCorner), // ??? i < colors.size() ? colors[i] : fallback_color, false, false, clip); } skip_invisible: offset.X += width; previousChar = currentChar; } // Draw now. update_glyph_pages(); core::array tmp_positions; core::array tmp_source_rects; for (u32 page_i = 0; page_i < Glyph_Pages.size(); ++page_i) { CGUITTGlyphPage *page = Glyph_Pages[page_i]; if (page->render_positions.empty()) continue; assert(page->render_positions.size() == page->render_colors.size()); assert(page->render_positions.size() == page->render_source_rects.size()); // render runs of matching color in batch video::SColor colprev; for (size_t i = 0; i < page->render_positions.size(); ++i) { const size_t ibegin = i; colprev = page->render_colors[i]; do ++i; while (i < page->render_positions.size() && page->render_colors[i] == colprev); tmp_positions.set_data(&page->render_positions[ibegin], i - ibegin); tmp_source_rects.set_data(&page->render_source_rects[ibegin], i - ibegin); --i; if (shadow_offset) { for (size_t i = 0; i < tmp_positions.size(); ++i) tmp_positions[i] += core::vector2di(shadow_offset, shadow_offset); u32 new_shadow_alpha = core::clamp(core::round32(shadow_alpha * colprev.getAlpha() / 255.0f), 0, 255); video::SColor shadow_color = video::SColor(new_shadow_alpha, 0, 0, 0); Driver->draw2DImageBatch(page->texture, tmp_positions, tmp_source_rects, clip, shadow_color, true); for (size_t i = 0; i < tmp_positions.size(); ++i) tmp_positions[i] -= core::vector2di(shadow_offset, shadow_offset); } Driver->draw2DImageBatch(page->texture, tmp_positions, tmp_source_rects, clip, colprev, true); } } } core::dimension2d CGUITTFont::getDimension(const wchar_t* text) const { return getDimension(convertWCharToU32String(text)); } core::dimension2d CGUITTFont::getDimension(const std::u32string& utext) const { // Get the maximum font height. Unfortunately, we have to do this hack as // Irrlicht will draw things wrong. In FreeType, the font size is the // maximum size for a single glyph, but that glyph may hang "under" the // draw line, increasing the total font height to beyond the set size. // Irrlicht does not understand this concept when drawing fonts. Also, I // add +1 to give it a 1 pixel blank border. This makes things like // tooltips look nicer. const u32 lineHeight = getLineHeight(); core::dimension2d text_dimension(0, lineHeight); core::dimension2d line(0, lineHeight); // The same logic is applied to `CGUITTFont::draw` char32_t previousChar = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < utext.size(); ++i) { char32_t currentChar = utext[i]; bool lineBreak = false; if (currentChar == U'\r') // Mac or Windows breaks { lineBreak = true; // `std::u32string` is '\0'-terminated, thus this check is OK if (utext[i + 1] == U'\n') // Windows line breaks. currentChar = utext[++i]; } else if (currentChar == U'\n') // Unix breaks { lineBreak = true; } // Check for linebreak. if (lineBreak) { previousChar = 0; text_dimension.Height += line.Height; if (text_dimension.Width < line.Width) text_dimension.Width = line.Width; line.Width = 0; line.Height = lineHeight; continue; } // Kerning. line.Width += getKerning(currentChar, previousChar).X; previousChar = currentChar; line.Width += getWidthFromCharacter(currentChar); } if (text_dimension.Width < line.Width) text_dimension.Width = line.Width; return text_dimension; } inline u32 CGUITTFont::getWidthFromCharacter(char32_t c) const { u32 n = getGlyphIndexByChar(c); if (n > 0) { int w = Glyphs[n-1].advance.X / 64; return w; } if (fallback) { wchar_t s[] = { (wchar_t) c, 0 }; return fallback->getDimension(s).Width; } if (c >= 0x2000) return (font_metrics.ascender / 64); else return (font_metrics.ascender / 64) / 2; } inline u32 CGUITTFont::getHeightFromCharacter(char32_t c) const { u32 n = getGlyphIndexByChar(c); if (n > 0) { // Grab the true height of the character, taking into account underhanging glyphs. s32 height = (font_metrics.ascender / 64) - Glyphs[n-1].offset.Y + Glyphs[n-1].source_rect.getHeight(); return height; } if (fallback) { wchar_t s[] = { (wchar_t) c, 0 }; return fallback->getDimension(s).Height; } if (c >= 0x2000) return (font_metrics.ascender / 64); else return (font_metrics.ascender / 64) / 2; } u32 CGUITTFont::getGlyphIndexByChar(char32_t c) const { // Get the glyph. u32 glyph = FT_Get_Char_Index(tt_face, c); // Check for a valid glyph. if (glyph == 0) return 0; // If our glyph is already loaded, don't bother doing any batch loading code. if (Glyphs[glyph - 1].isLoaded()) return glyph; // Determine our batch loading positions. u32 half_size = (batch_load_size / 2); u32 start_pos = 0; if (c > half_size) start_pos = c - half_size; u32 end_pos = start_pos + batch_load_size; // Load all our characters. do { // Get the character we are going to load. u32 char_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(tt_face, start_pos); // If the glyph hasn't been loaded yet, do it now. if (char_index) { SGUITTGlyph& glyph = Glyphs[char_index - 1]; if (!glyph.isLoaded()) { auto *this2 = const_cast(this); // oh well glyph.preload(char_index, tt_face, this2, size, load_flags); auto *surface = glyph.createGlyphImage(tt_face->glyph->bitmap, Driver); Glyph_Pages[glyph.glyph_page]->pushGlyphToBePaged(&glyph, surface); } } } while (++start_pos < end_pos); // Return our original character. return glyph; } s32 CGUITTFont::getCharacterFromPos(const wchar_t* text, s32 pixel_x) const { return getCharacterFromPos(convertWCharToU32String(text), pixel_x); } s32 CGUITTFont::getCharacterFromPos(const std::u32string& text, s32 pixel_x) const { s32 x = 0; u32 character = 0; char32_t previousChar = 0; auto iter = text.begin(); while (iter != text.end()) { char32_t c = *iter; x += getWidthFromCharacter(c); // Kerning. core::vector2di k = getKerning(c, previousChar); x += k.X; if (x >= pixel_x) return character; previousChar = c; ++iter; ++character; } return -1; } void CGUITTFont::setKerningWidth(s32 kerning) { GlobalKerningWidth = kerning; } void CGUITTFont::setKerningHeight(s32 kerning) { GlobalKerningHeight = kerning; } core::vector2di CGUITTFont::getKerning(const wchar_t thisLetter, const wchar_t previousLetter) const { return getKerning((char32_t)thisLetter, (char32_t)previousLetter); } core::vector2di CGUITTFont::getKerning(const char32_t thisLetter, const char32_t previousLetter) const { if (tt_face == 0 || thisLetter == 0 || previousLetter == 0) return core::vector2di(); // Set the size of the face. // This is because we cache faces and the face may have been set to a different size. FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(tt_face, 0, size); core::vector2di ret(GlobalKerningWidth, GlobalKerningHeight); u32 n = getGlyphIndexByChar(thisLetter); // If we don't have this glyph, ask fallback font if (n == 0) { if (fallback) ret = fallback->getKerning((wchar_t) thisLetter, (wchar_t) previousLetter); return ret; } // If we don't have kerning, no point in continuing. if (!FT_HAS_KERNING(tt_face)) return ret; // Get the kerning information. FT_Vector v; FT_Get_Kerning(tt_face, getGlyphIndexByChar(previousLetter), n, FT_KERNING_DEFAULT, &v); // If we have a scalable font, the return value will be in font points. if (FT_IS_SCALABLE(tt_face)) { // Font points, so divide by 64. ret.X += (v.x / 64); ret.Y += (v.y / 64); } else { // Pixel units. ret.X += v.x; ret.Y += v.y; } return ret; } void CGUITTFont::setInvisibleCharacters(const wchar_t *s) { InvisibleChars = convertWCharToU32String(s); } std::u32string CGUITTFont::convertWCharToU32String(const wchar_t* const charArray) const { static_assert(sizeof(wchar_t) == 2 || sizeof(wchar_t) == 4, "unexpected wchar size"); if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 4) // wchar_t is UTF-32 return std::u32string(reinterpret_cast(charArray)); // wchar_t is UTF-16 and we need to convert. // std::codecvt could do this for us but aside from being deprecated, // it turns out that it's laughably slow on MSVC. Thanks Microsoft. std::u32string ret; ret.reserve(wcslen(charArray)); const wchar_t *p = charArray; while (*p) { char32_t c = *p; if (c >= 0xD800 && c < 0xDC00) { p++; char32_t c2 = *p; if (!c2) break; else if (c2 < 0xDC00 || c2 > 0xDFFF) continue; // can't find low surrogate, skip c = 0x10000 + ( ((c & 0x3ff) << 10) | (c2 & 0x3ff) ); } ret.push_back(c); p++; } return ret; } } // end namespace gui