changeset 5379:9fc7bcadcc1b

.ttf font loader - based on TOOLS/subfont-c

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/libvo/ttf_load.c	Thu Mar 28 20:22:34 2002 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,714 @@
+/*
+ * Renders antialiased fonts for mplayer using freetype library.
+ * Should work with TrueType, Type1 and any other font supported by libfreetype.
+ * Can generate font.desc for any encoding.
+ *
+ *
+ * Artur Zaprzala <[e-mail]>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iconv.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+
+#ifndef OLD_FREETYPE2
+#include <ft2build.h>	
+#include FT_FREETYPE_H
+#include FT_GLYPH_H
+#else			/* freetype 2.0.1 */
+#include <freetype/freetype.h>
+#include <freetype/ftglyph.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "../config.h"
+#include "../mp_msg.h"
+
+#include "../bswap.h"
+
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+#define DEBUG	0
+#endif
+
+#include "font_load.h"
+
+//// default values
+static char		*encoding = "iso-8859-1";	/* target encoding */
+static char		*charmap = "ucs-4";		/* font charmap encoding, I hope ucs-4 is always big endian */
+						/* gcc 2.1.3 doesn't support ucs-4le, but supports ucs-4 (==ucs-4be) */
+static float		ppem = 28;			/* font size in pixels */
+
+static double		radius = 2;			/* blur radius */
+static double		thickness = 2.5;		/* outline thickness */
+
+//char*		font_desc = "font.desc";
+//char*		font_desc = "/dev/stdout";
+
+//char		*outdir = ".";
+
+static font_desc_t *desc=NULL;
+
+//// constants
+static int const	colors = 256;
+static int const	maxcolor = 255;
+static unsigned const	base = 256;
+static unsigned const	first_char = 33;
+#define max_charset_size	60000
+//int const	max_charset_size = 256;
+static unsigned	charset_size = 0;
+
+////
+//static char		*command;
+//static char		*encoding_name;
+static char		*font_path=NULL;
+//char		*font_metrics;
+//static int		append_mode = 0;
+static int		unicode_desc = 0;
+static int	font_id=0;
+
+static unsigned char	*bbuffer, *abuffer;
+static int		width, height;
+static int		padding;
+static FT_ULong	charset[max_charset_size];		/* characters we want to render; Unicode */
+static FT_ULong	charcodes[max_charset_size];	/* character codes in 'encoding' */
+static iconv_t cd;					// iconv conversion descriptor
+
+
+#define eprintf(...)		mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_INFO, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define ERROR_(msg, ...)	(mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_ERR,"[font_load] error: " msg "\n", __VA_ARGS__), exit(1))
+#define WARNING_(msg, ...)	mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_WARN,"[font_load] warning: " msg "\n", __VA_ARGS__)
+#define ERROR(...)		ERROR_(__VA_ARGS__, NULL)
+#define WARNING(...)		WARNING_(__VA_ARGS__, NULL)
+
+
+#define f266ToInt(x)		(((x)+32)>>6)	// round fractional fixed point number to integer
+						// coordinates are in 26.6 pixels (i.e. 1/64th of pixels)
+#define f266CeilToInt(x)	(((x)+63)>>6)	// ceiling
+#define f266FloorToInt(x)	((x)>>6)	// floor
+#define f1616ToInt(x)		(((x)+0x8000)>>16)	// 16.16
+#define floatTof266(x)		((int)((x)*(1<<6)+0.5))
+
+#define ALIGN(x)		(((x)+7)&~7)	// 8 byte align
+
+
+
+static void paste_bitmap(FT_Bitmap *bitmap, int x, int y) {
+    int drow = x+y*width;
+    int srow = 0;
+    int sp, dp, w, h;
+    if (bitmap->pixel_mode==ft_pixel_mode_mono)
+	for (h = bitmap->rows; h>0; --h, drow+=width, srow+=bitmap->pitch)
+	    for (w = bitmap->width, sp=dp=0; w>0; --w, ++dp, ++sp)
+		    bbuffer[drow+dp] = (bitmap->buffer[srow+sp/8] & (0x80>>(sp%8))) ? 255:0;
+    else
+	for (h = bitmap->rows; h>0; --h, drow+=width, srow+=bitmap->pitch)
+	    for (w = bitmap->width, sp=dp=0; w>0; --w, ++dp, ++sp)
+		    bbuffer[drow+dp] = bitmap->buffer[srow+sp];
+}
+
+
+static void render() {
+    FT_Library	library;
+    FT_Face	face;
+    FT_Error	error;
+    FT_Glyph	*glyphs;
+    FT_BitmapGlyph glyph;
+    //FILE	*f;
+    int	const	load_flags = FT_LOAD_DEFAULT | FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING;
+    int		pen_x = 0, pen_xa;
+    int		ymin = INT_MAX, ymax = INT_MIN;
+    int		i, uni_charmap = 1;
+    int		baseline, space_advance = 20;
+    int		glyphs_count = 0;
+
+
+    /* initialize freetype */
+    error = FT_Init_FreeType(&library);
+    if (error) ERROR("Init_FreeType failed.");
+    error = FT_New_Face(library, font_path, 0, &face);
+    if (error) ERROR("New_Face failed. Maybe the font path `%s' is wrong.", font_path);
+
+    /*
+    if (font_metrics) {
+	error = FT_Attach_File(face, font_metrics);
+	if (error) WARNING("FT_Attach_File failed.");
+    }
+    */
+
+
+#if 0
+    /************************************************************/
+    eprintf("Font encodings:\n");
+    for (i = 0; i<face->num_charmaps; ++i)
+	eprintf("'%.4s'\n", (char*)&face->charmaps[i]->encoding);
+
+    //error = FT_Select_Charmap(face, ft_encoding_unicode);
+    //error = FT_Select_Charmap(face, ft_encoding_adobe_standard);
+    //error = FT_Select_Charmap(face, ft_encoding_adobe_custom);
+    //error = FT_Set_Charmap(face, face->charmaps[1]);
+    //if (error) WARNING("FT_Select_Charmap failed.");
+#endif
+
+
+#if 0
+    /************************************************************/
+    if (FT_HAS_GLYPH_NAMES(face)) {
+	int const max_gname = 128;
+	char gname[max_gname];
+	for (i = 0; i<face->num_glyphs; ++i) {
+	    FT_Get_Glyph_Name(face, i, gname, max_gname);
+	    eprintf("%02x `%s'\n", i, gname);
+	}
+
+    }
+#endif
+
+
+    if (face->charmap==NULL || face->charmap->encoding!=ft_encoding_unicode) {
+	WARNING("Unicode charmap not available for this font. Very bad!");
+	uni_charmap = 0;
+	error = FT_Set_Charmap(face, face->charmaps[0]);
+	if (error) WARNING("No charmaps! Strange.");
+    }
+
+
+
+    /* set size */
+    if (FT_IS_SCALABLE(face)) {
+	error = FT_Set_Char_Size(face, floatTof266(ppem), 0, 0, 0);
+	if (error) WARNING("FT_Set_Char_Size failed.");
+    } else {
+	int j = 0;
+	int jppem = face->available_sizes[0].height;
+	/* find closest size */
+	for (i = 0; i<face->num_fixed_sizes; ++i) {
+	    if (fabs(face->available_sizes[i].height - ppem) < abs(face->available_sizes[i].height - jppem)) {
+		j = i;
+		jppem = face->available_sizes[i].height;
+	    }
+	}
+	WARNING("Selected font is not scalable. Using ppem=%i.", face->available_sizes[j].height);
+	error = FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face, face->available_sizes[j].width, face->available_sizes[j].height);
+	if (error) WARNING("FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes failed.");
+    }
+
+
+    if (FT_IS_FIXED_WIDTH(face))
+	WARNING("Selected font is fixed-width.");
+
+
+    /* compute space advance */
+    error = FT_Load_Char(face, ' ', load_flags);
+    if (error) WARNING("spacewidth set to default.");
+    else space_advance = f266ToInt(face->glyph->advance.x);
+
+
+    /* create font.desc */
+    if(!font_id){ // first font
+        desc->spacewidth=2*padding + space_advance;
+        desc->charspace=-2*padding;
+        desc->height=f266ToInt(face->size->metrics.height);
+//	fprintf(f, "ascender %i\n",	f266CeilToInt(face->size->metrics.ascender));
+//	fprintf(f, "descender %i\n",	f266FloorToInt(face->size->metrics.descender));
+    }
+
+    // render glyphs, compute bitmap size and [characters] section
+    glyphs = (FT_Glyph*)malloc(charset_size*sizeof(FT_Glyph*));
+    for (i= 0; i<charset_size; ++i) {
+	FT_GlyphSlot	slot;
+	FT_ULong	character, code;
+	FT_UInt		glyph_index;
+	FT_BBox		bbox;
+
+	character = charset[i];
+	code = charcodes[i];
+
+	// get glyph index
+	if (character==0)
+	    glyph_index = 0;
+	else {
+	    glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(face, uni_charmap ? character:code);
+	    if (glyph_index==0) {
+		WARNING("Glyph for char 0x%02x|U+%04X|%c not found.", code, character,
+			 code<' '||code>255 ? '.':code);
+		continue;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	// load glyph
+	error = FT_Load_Glyph(face, glyph_index, load_flags);
+	if (error) {
+	    WARNING("FT_Load_Glyph 0x%02x (char 0x%02x|U+%04X) failed.", glyph_index, code, character);
+	    continue;
+	}
+	slot = face->glyph;
+
+	// render glyph
+	if (slot->format != ft_glyph_format_bitmap) {
+	    error = FT_Render_Glyph(slot, ft_render_mode_normal);
+	    if (error) {
+		WARNING("FT_Render_Glyph 0x%04x (char 0x%02x|U+%04X) failed.", glyph_index, code, character);
+		continue;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	// extract glyph image
+	error = FT_Get_Glyph(slot, (FT_Glyph*)&glyph);
+	if (error) {
+	    WARNING("FT_Get_Glyph 0x%04x (char 0x%02x|U+%04X) failed.", glyph_index, code, character);
+	    continue;
+	}
+	glyphs[glyphs_count++] = (FT_Glyph)glyph;
+
+#ifdef NEW_DESC
+	// max height
+	if (glyph->bitmap.rows > height) height = glyph->bitmap.rows;
+
+	// advance pen
+	pen_xa = pen_x + glyph->bitmap.width + 2*padding;
+
+	// font.desc
+	fprintf(f, "0x%04x %i %i %i %i %i %i;\tU+%04X|%c\n", unicode_desc ? character:code,
+		pen_x,						// bitmap start
+		glyph->bitmap.width + 2*padding,		// bitmap width
+		glyph->bitmap.rows + 2*padding,			// bitmap height
+		glyph->left - padding,				// left bearing
+		glyph->top + padding,				// top bearing
+		f266ToInt(slot->advance.x),			// advance
+		character, code<' '||code>255 ? '.':code);
+#else
+	// max height
+	if (glyph->top > ymax) {
+	    ymax = glyph->top;
+	    //eprintf("%3i: ymax %i (%c)\n", code, ymax, code);
+	}
+	if (glyph->top - glyph->bitmap.rows < ymin) {
+	    ymin = glyph->top - glyph->bitmap.rows;
+	    //eprintf("%3i: ymin %i (%c)\n", code, ymin, code);
+	}
+
+	/* advance pen */
+	pen_xa = pen_x + f266ToInt(slot->advance.x) + 2*padding;
+
+	/* font.desc */
+//	fprintf(f, "0x%04x %i %i;\tU+%04X|%c\n", unicode_desc ? character:code,
+//		pen_x,						// bitmap start
+//		pen_xa-1,					// bitmap end
+//		character, code<' '||code>255 ? '.':code);
+	desc->start[unicode_desc ? character:code]=pen_x;
+	desc->width[unicode_desc ? character:code]=pen_xa-1-pen_x;
+	desc->font[unicode_desc ? character:code]=font_id;
+
+#endif
+	pen_x = ALIGN(pen_xa);
+    }
+
+
+    width = pen_x;
+    pen_x = 0;
+#ifdef NEW_DESC
+    if (height<=0) ERROR("Something went wrong. Use the source!");
+    height += 2*padding;
+#else
+    if (ymax<=ymin) ERROR("Something went wrong. Use the source!");
+    height = ymax - ymin + 2*padding;
+    baseline = ymax + padding;
+#endif
+
+    // end of font.desc
+    if (DEBUG) eprintf("bitmap size: %ix%i\n", width, height);
+//    fprintf(f, "# bitmap size: %ix%i\n", width, height);
+//    fclose(f);
+
+    bbuffer = (unsigned char*)malloc(width*height);
+    if (bbuffer==NULL) ERROR("malloc failed.");
+    memset(bbuffer, 0, width*height);
+
+
+    /* paste glyphs */
+    for (i= 0; i<glyphs_count; ++i) {
+	glyph = (FT_BitmapGlyph)glyphs[i];
+#ifdef NEW_DESC
+	paste_bitmap(&glyph->bitmap,
+	    pen_x + padding,
+	    padding);
+
+	/* advance pen */
+	pen_x += glyph->bitmap.width + 2*padding;
+#else
+	paste_bitmap(&glyph->bitmap,
+	    pen_x + padding + glyph->left,
+	    baseline - glyph->top);
+
+	/* advance pen */
+	pen_x += f1616ToInt(glyph->root.advance.x) + 2*padding;
+#endif
+	pen_x = ALIGN(pen_x);
+
+	FT_Done_Glyph((FT_Glyph)glyph);
+    }
+    free(glyphs);
+
+
+    error = FT_Done_FreeType(library);
+    if (error) ERROR("FT_Done_FreeType failed.");
+}
+
+
+/* decode from 'encoding' to unicode */
+static FT_ULong decode_char(char c) {
+    FT_ULong o;
+    char *inbuf = &c;
+    char *outbuf = (char*)&o;
+    int inbytesleft = 1;
+    int outbytesleft = sizeof(FT_ULong);
+
+    size_t count = iconv(cd, &inbuf, &inbytesleft, &outbuf, &outbytesleft);
+
+    /* convert unicode BigEndian -> MachineEndian */
+    o = be2me_32(o);
+
+    // if (count==-1) o = 0; // not OK, at least my iconv() returns E2BIG for all
+    if (outbytesleft!=0) o = 0;
+
+    /* we don't want control characters */
+    if (o>=0x7f && o<0xa0) o = 0;
+    return o;
+}
+
+
+static void prepare_charset() {
+    FILE *f;
+    FT_ULong i;
+
+    f = fopen(encoding, "r");		// try to read custom encoding
+    if (f==NULL) {
+	int count = 0;
+	// check if ucs-4 is available
+	cd = iconv_open(charmap, charmap);
+	if (cd==(iconv_t)-1) ERROR("iconv doesn't know %s encoding. Use the source!", charmap);
+	iconv_close(cd);
+
+	cd = iconv_open(charmap, encoding);
+	if (cd==(iconv_t)-1) ERROR("Unsupported encoding `%s', use iconv --list to list character sets known on your system.", encoding);
+
+	charset_size = 256 - first_char;
+	for (i = 0; i<charset_size; ++i) {
+	    charcodes[count] = i+first_char;
+	    charset[count] = decode_char(i+first_char);
+	    //eprintf("%04X U%04X\n", charcodes[count], charset[count]);
+	    if (charset[count]!=0) ++count;
+	}
+	charcodes[count] = charset[count] = 0; ++count;
+	charset_size = count;
+
+	iconv_close(cd);
+    } else {
+	unsigned int character, code;
+	int count;
+
+	eprintf("Reading custom encoding from file '%s'.\n", encoding);
+
+       	while ((count = fscanf(f, "%x%*[ \t]%x", &character, &code)) != EOF) {
+	    if (charset_size==max_charset_size) {
+		WARNING("There is no place for  more than %i characters. Use the source!", max_charset_size);
+		break;
+	    }
+	    if (count==0) ERROR("Unable to parse custom encoding file.");
+	    if (character<32) continue;	// skip control characters
+	    charset[charset_size] = character;
+	    charcodes[charset_size] = count==2 ? code : character;
+	    ++charset_size;
+	}
+	fclose(f);
+//	encoding = basename(encoding);
+    }
+    if (charset_size==0) ERROR("No characters to render!");
+}
+
+
+// general outline
+static void outline(
+	unsigned char *s,
+	unsigned char *t,
+	int width,
+	int height,
+	int *m,
+	int r,
+	int mwidth) {
+
+    int x, y;
+    for (y = 0; y<height; ++y) {
+	for (x = 0; x<width; ++x, ++s, ++t) {
+	    unsigned max = 0;
+	    unsigned *mrow = m + r;
+	    unsigned char *srow = s -r*width;
+	    int x1=(x<r)?-x:-r;
+	    int x2=(x+r>=width)?(width-x-1):r;
+	    int my;
+
+	    for (my = -r; my<=r; ++my, srow+= width, mrow+= mwidth) {
+		int mx;
+		if (y+my < 0) continue;
+		if (y+my >= height) break;
+
+		for (mx = x1; mx<=x2; ++mx) {
+		    unsigned v = srow[mx] * mrow[mx];
+		    if (v>max) max = v;
+		}
+	    }
+	    *t = (max + base/2) / base;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+
+// 1 pixel outline
+static void outline1(
+	unsigned char *s,
+	unsigned char *t,
+	int width,
+	int height) {
+
+    int x, y, mx, my;
+
+    for (x = 0; x<width; ++x, ++s, ++t) *t = *s;
+    for (y = 1; y<height-1; ++y) {
+	*t++ = *s++;
+	for (x = 1; x<width-1; ++x, ++s, ++t) {
+	    unsigned v = (
+		    s[-1-width]+
+		    s[-1+width]+
+		    s[+1-width]+
+		    s[+1+width]
+		)/2 + (
+		    s[-1]+
+		    s[+1]+
+		    s[-width]+
+		    s[+width]+
+		    s[0]
+		);
+	    *t = v>maxcolor ? maxcolor : v;
+	}
+	*t++ = *s++;
+    }
+    for (x = 0; x<width; ++x, ++s, ++t) *t = *s;
+}
+
+
+// gaussian blur
+static void blur(
+	unsigned char *buffer,
+	unsigned char *tmp,
+	int width,
+	int height,
+	int *m,
+	int r,
+	int mwidth,
+	unsigned volume) {
+
+    int x, y;
+
+    unsigned char *s = buffer - r;
+    unsigned char *t = tmp;
+    for (y = 0; y<height; ++y) {
+	for (x = 0; x<width; ++x, ++s, ++t) {
+	    unsigned sum = 0;
+	    int x1 = (x<r) ? r-x:0;
+	    int x2 = (x+r>=width) ? (r+width-x):mwidth;
+	    int mx;
+	    for (mx = x1; mx<x2; ++mx)
+		sum+= s[mx] * m[mx];
+	    *t = (sum + volume/2) / volume;
+	    //*t = sum;
+	}
+    }
+    tmp -= r*width;
+    for (x = 0; x<width; ++x, ++tmp, ++buffer) {
+	s = tmp;
+	t = buffer;
+	for (y = 0; y<height; ++y, s+= width, t+= width) {
+	    unsigned sum = 0;
+	    int y1 = (y<r) ? r-y:0;
+	    int y2 = (y+r>=height) ? (r+height-y):mwidth;
+	    unsigned char *smy = s + y1*width;
+	    int my;
+	    for (my = y1; my<y2; ++my, smy+= width)
+		sum+= *smy * m[my];
+	    *t = (sum + volume/2) / volume;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Gaussian matrix
+// Maybe for future use.
+static unsigned gmatrix(unsigned *m, int r, int w, double const A) {
+    unsigned volume = 0;		// volume under Gaussian area is exactly -pi*base/A
+    int mx, my;
+
+    for (my = 0; my<w; ++my) {
+	for (mx = 0; mx<w; ++mx) {
+	    m[mx+my*w] = (unsigned)(exp(A * ((mx-r)*(mx-r)+(my-r)*(my-r))) * base + .5);
+	    volume+= m[mx+my*w];
+	    if (DEBUG) eprintf("%3i ", m[mx+my*w]);
+	}
+	if (DEBUG) eprintf("\n");
+    }
+    if (DEBUG) {
+	eprintf("A= %f\n", A);
+	eprintf("volume: %i; exact: %.0f; volume/exact: %.6f\n\n", volume, -M_PI*base/A, volume/(-M_PI*base/A));
+    }
+    return volume;
+}
+
+
+static void alpha() {
+    int const g_r = ceil(radius);
+    int const o_r = ceil(thickness);
+    int const g_w = 2*g_r+1;		// matrix size
+    int const o_w = 2*o_r+1;		// matrix size
+    double const A = log(1.0/base)/(radius*radius*2);
+
+    int mx, my, i;
+    unsigned volume = 0;		// volume under Gaussian area is exactly -pi*base/A
+
+    unsigned *g = (unsigned*)malloc(g_w * sizeof(unsigned));
+    unsigned *om = (unsigned*)malloc(o_w*o_w * sizeof(unsigned));
+    if (g==NULL || om==NULL) ERROR("malloc failed.");
+
+    // gaussian curve
+    for (i = 0; i<g_w; ++i) {
+	g[i] = (unsigned)(exp(A * (i-g_r)*(i-g_r)) * base + .5);
+	volume+= g[i];
+	if (DEBUG) eprintf("%3i ", g[i]);
+    }
+    //volume *= volume;
+    if (DEBUG) eprintf("\n");
+
+    /* outline matrix */
+    for (my = 0; my<o_w; ++my) {
+	for (mx = 0; mx<o_w; ++mx) {
+	    // antialiased circle would be perfect here, but this one is good enough
+	    double d = thickness + 1 - sqrt((mx-o_r)*(mx-o_r)+(my-o_r)*(my-o_r));
+	    om[mx+my*o_w] = d>=1 ? base : d<=0 ? 0 : (d*base + .5);
+	    if (DEBUG) eprintf("%3i ", om[mx+my*o_w]);
+	}
+	if (DEBUG) eprintf("\n");
+    }
+    if (DEBUG) eprintf("\n");
+
+
+    if(thickness==1.0)
+      outline1(bbuffer, abuffer, width, height);	// FAST solid 1 pixel outline
+    else
+      outline(bbuffer, abuffer, width, height, om, o_r, o_w);	// solid outline
+
+    //outline(bbuffer, abuffer, width, height, gm, g_r, g_w);	// Gaussian outline
+
+    blur(abuffer, bbuffer, width, height, g, g_r, g_w, volume);
+
+    free(g);
+    free(om);
+}
+
+font_desc_t* read_font_desc(char* fname,float factor,int verbose){
+    int i=font_id;
+    int j;
+    
+    if(!font_id){
+	desc=malloc(sizeof(font_desc_t));if(!desc) return NULL;
+	memset(desc,0,sizeof(font_desc_t));
+	memset(desc->font,255,sizeof(short)*65536);
+    }
+
+    padding = ceil(radius) + ceil(thickness);
+    
+    font_path=fname;
+
+    prepare_charset();
+
+    render();
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]=malloc(sizeof(raw_file));
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]->bmp=malloc(width*height);
+    memcpy(desc->pic_b[font_id]->bmp,bbuffer,width*height);
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]->pal=NULL;
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]->w=width;
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]->h=height;
+    desc->pic_b[font_id]->c=256;
+//    write_bitmap(bbuffer, 'b');
+
+    abuffer = (unsigned char*)malloc(width*height);
+    if (abuffer==NULL) ERROR("malloc failed.");
+    alpha();
+//    write_bitmap(abuffer, 'a');
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]=malloc(sizeof(raw_file));
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]->bmp=abuffer;
+//    desc->pic_a[font_id]->bmp=malloc(width*height);
+//    memcpy(desc->pic_a[font_id]->bmp,abuffer,width*height);
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]->pal=NULL;
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]->w=width;
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]->h=height;
+    desc->pic_a[font_id]->c=256;
+
+    free(bbuffer);
+//    free(abuffer);
+
+    //if(factor!=1.0f)
+    {
+        // re-sample alpha
+        int f=factor*256.0f;
+        int size=desc->pic_a[i]->w*desc->pic_a[i]->h;
+        int j;
+        if(verbose) printf("font: resampling alpha by factor %5.3f (%d) ",factor,f);fflush(stdout);
+        for(j=0;j<size;j++){
+            int x=desc->pic_a[i]->bmp[j];	// alpha
+            int y=desc->pic_b[i]->bmp[j];	// bitmap
+
+#ifdef FAST_OSD
+	    x=(x<(255-f))?0:1;
+#else
+
+	    x=255-((x*f)>>8); // scale
+	    //if(x<0) x=0; else if(x>255) x=255;
+	    //x^=255; // invert
+
+	    if(x+y>255) x=255-y; // to avoid overflows
+	    
+	    //x=0;            
+            //x=((x*f*(255-y))>>16);
+            //x=((x*f*(255-y))>>16)+y;
+            //x=(x*f)>>8;if(x<y) x=y;
+
+            if(x<1) x=1; else
+            if(x>=252) x=0;
+#endif
+
+            desc->pic_a[i]->bmp[j]=x;
+//            desc->pic_b[i]->bmp[j]=0; // hack
+        }
+        if(verbose) printf("DONE!\n");
+    }
+    if(!desc->height) desc->height=desc->pic_a[i]->h;
+
+j='_';if(desc->font[j]<0) j='?';
+for(i=0;i<512;i++)
+  if(desc->font[i]<0){
+      desc->start[i]=desc->start[j];
+      desc->width[i]=desc->width[j];
+      desc->font[i]=desc->font[j];
+  }
+desc->font[' ']=-1;
+desc->width[' ']=desc->spacewidth;
+
+printf("Font %s loaded successfully!\n",fname);
+    
+    ++font_id;
+
+//    fflush(stderr);
+    return desc;
+}