display_modpack/font_lib/init.lua

-- Font lib mod by P.Y. Rollo
--
-- License: WTFPL

font_lib = {}
font_lib.path = minetest.get_modpath("font_lib")
font_lib.font_height = 10
font_lib.font = {}

-- Get png width, suposing png width is less than 256 (it is the case for all font textures)
local function get_png_width(filename)
	local file=assert(io.open(filename,"rb"))
	-- All font png are smaller than 256x256 --> read only last byte
	file:seek("set",19)
	local w = file:read(1)
	file:close()
	return w:byte()
end

-- Computes line width for a given font height and text
-- @param text Text to be rendered
-- @return Rendered text width
function font_lib.get_line_width(text)
	local char
	local width = 0

	for p=1,#text
	do
		char = text:sub(p,p):byte()
		if font_lib.font[char] then
			width = width + font_lib.font[char].width
		end
	end

	return width
end

--- Builds texture part for a text line
-- @param text Text to be rendered
-- @param texturew Width of the texture (extra text is not rendered)
-- @param x Starting x position in texture
-- @param y Vertical position of the line in texture
-- @return Texture string
function font_lib.make_line_texture(text, texturew, x, y)
	local char

	local texture = ""

	for p=1,#text
	do
		char = text:sub(p,p):byte()
		if font_lib.font[char] then
			-- Add image only if it is visible (at least partly)
			if x + font_lib.font[char].width >= 0 and x <= texturew then
				texture = texture..string.format(":%d,%d=%s", x, y, font_lib.font[char].filename)
			end
			x = x + font_lib.font[char].width
		end
	end
	return texture
end

local function split_lines(text, maxlines)
	local splits = text:split("\n")
	if maxlines then
		local lines = {}
		for num = 1,maxlines do
			lines[num] = splits[num]
		end
		return lines
	else
		return splits
	end
end

--- Builds texture for a multiline colored text
-- @param text Text to be rendered
-- @param texturew Width of the texture (extra text will be truncated)
-- @param textureh Height of the texture
-- @param maxlines Maximum number of lines
-- @param valign Vertical text align ("top" or "center")
-- @param color Color of the text
-- @return Texture string
function font_lib.make_multiline_texture(text, texturew, textureh, maxlines, valign, color)
	local texture = ""
	local lines = split_lines(text, maxlines)
	local y

	if valign == "top" then
		y = font_lib.font_height / 2
	else		
		y = (textureh - font_lib.font_height * #lines) / 2 + 1 
	end

	for _, line in pairs(lines) do
		texture = texture..font_lib.make_line_texture(line, texturew,
			(texturew - font_lib.get_line_width(line)) / 2, y)
		y = y + font_lib.font_height
	end

	texture = string.format("[combine:%dx%d", texturew, textureh)..texture
	if color then texture = texture.."^[colorize:"..color end

	return texture
end

--- Standard on_display_update entity callback.
-- Node should have a corresponding display_entity with size, resolution and maxlines fields and 
-- optionally valign and color fields
-- @param pos Node position
-- @param objref Object reference of entity

function font_lib.on_display_update(pos, objref)
	local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
	local text = meta:get_string("display_text")

	local ndef = minetest.registered_nodes[minetest.get_node(pos).name]
	local entity = objref:get_luaentity()

    if entity and ndef.display_entities[entity.name] then
		local def = ndef.display_entities[entity.name]

		objref:set_properties({ 
			textures={font_lib.make_multiline_texture(
				text, def.size.x*def.resolution.x, def.size.y*def.resolution.y, 
				def.maxlines, def.valign, def.color)}, 
			visual_size = def.size
		})
	end
end

-- Populate fonts table
local w, filename
for charnum=32,126 do
	filename = string.format("font_lib_%02x.png", charnum)
	w = get_png_width(font_lib.path.."/textures/"..filename)
	font_lib.font[charnum] = {filename=filename, width=w}
end