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README FIRST / FAQ
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- You can use the style editor ImGui::ShowStyleEditor() to browse your fonts and understand what's going on if you have an issue.
- Make sure your font ranges data are persistent (available during the call to GetTexDataAsAlpha8()/GetTexDataAsRGBA32()/Build().
- Use C++11 u8"my text" syntax to encode literal strings as UTF-8. e.g.:
- You can use the style editor ImGui::ShowStyleEditor() to browse your fonts and understand what's going on if you have an issue.
- Make sure your font ranges data are persistent (available during the call to GetTexDataAsAlpha8()/GetTexDataAsRGBA32()/Build().
- Use C++11 u8"my text" syntax to encode literal strings as UTF-8. e.g.:
u8"hello"
u8"こんにちは" // this will be encoded as UTF-8
- If you want to include a backslash \ character in your string literal, you need to double them e.g. "folder\\filename".
- Please use the Discourse forum (https://discourse.dearimgui.org) and not the Github issue tracker for basic font loading questions.
- If you want to include a backslash \ character in your string literal, you need to double them e.g. "folder\\filename".
- Please use the Discourse forum (https://discourse.dearimgui.org) and not the Github issue tracker for basic font loading questions.
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USING ICONS
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Using an icon font (such as FontAwesome: http://fontawesome.io) is an easy and practical way to use icons in your ImGui application.
A common pattern is to merge the icon font within your main font, so you can embed icons directly from your strings without
having to change fonts back and forth.
Using an icon font (such as FontAwesome: http://fontawesome.io or OpenFontIcons. https://github.com/traverseda/OpenFontIcons)
is an easy and practical way to use icons in your Dear ImGui application.
A common pattern is to merge the icon font within your main font, so you can embed icons directly from your strings without
having to change fonts back and forth.
To refer to the icon UTF-8 codepoints from your C++ code, you may use those headers files created by Juliette Foucaut:
To refer to the icon UTF-8 codepoints from your C++ code, you may use those headers files created by Juliette Foucaut:
https://github.com/juliettef/IconFontCppHeaders
The C++11 version of those files uses the u8"" utf-8 encoding syntax + \u
The C++11 version of those files uses the u8"" utf-8 encoding syntax + \u
#define ICON_FA_SEARCH u8"\uf002"
The pre-C++11 version has the values directly encoded as utf-8:
The pre-C++11 version has the values directly encoded as utf-8:
#define ICON_FA_SEARCH "\xEF\x80\x82"
Example:
Example Setup:
// Merge icons into default tool font
#include "IconsFontAwesome.h"
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static const ImWchar icon_ranges[] = { ICON_MIN_FA, ICON_MAX_FA, 0 };
io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf", 13.0f, &config, icon_ranges);
Example Usage:
// Usage, e.g.
ImGui::Text("%s among %d items", ICON_FA_SEARCH, count);
ImGui::Button(ICON_FA_SEARCH " Search");
// C string _literals_ can be concatenated at compilation time, e.g. "hello" " world"
// ICON_FA_SEARCH is defined as a string literal so this is the same as "A" "B" becoming "AB"
// Usage, e.g.
ImGui::Text("%s among %d items", ICON_FA_SEARCH, count);
See Links below for other icons fonts and related tools.
See Links below for other icons fonts and related tools.
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FONTS LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
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Load default font:
Load default font:
ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO();
io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
Load .TTF/.OTF file with:
Load .TTF/.OTF file with:
ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO();
ImFont* font1 = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels);
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ImGui::Text("Hello with another font");
ImGui::PopFont();
For advanced options create a ImFontConfig structure and pass it to the AddFont function (it will be copied internally):
For advanced options create a ImFontConfig structure and pass it to the AddFont function (it will be copied internally):
ImFontConfig config;
config.OversampleH = 3;
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config.GlyphExtraSpacing.x = 1.0f;
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels, &config);
If you have very large number of glyphs or multiple fonts, the texture may become too big for your graphics API.
The typical result of failing to upload a texture is if every glyphs appears as white rectangles.
In particular, using a large range such as GetGlyphRangesChineseSimplifiedCommon() is not recommended unless you
set OversampleH/OversampleV to 1 and use a small font size.
Mind the fact that some graphics drivers have texture size limitation.
If you are building a PC application, mind the fact that your users may use hardware with lower limitations than yours.
Some solutions:
If you have very large number of glyphs or multiple fonts, the texture may become too big for your graphics API.
The typical result of failing to upload a texture is if every glyphs appears as white rectangles.
In particular, using a large range such as GetGlyphRangesChineseSimplifiedCommon() is not recommended unless you
set OversampleH/OversampleV to 1 and use a small font size.
Mind the fact that some graphics drivers have texture size limitation.
If you are building a PC application, mind the fact that your users may use hardware with lower limitations than yours.
Some solutions:
- 1) Reduce glyphs ranges by calculating them from source localization data. You can use ImFont::GlyphRangesBuilder for this purpose,
this will be the biggest win.
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- 3) Set io.Fonts.TexDesiredWidth to specify a texture width to minimize texture height (see comment in ImFontAtlas::Build function).
- 4) Set io.Fonts.Flags |= ImFontAtlasFlags_NoPowerOfTwoHeight; to disable rounding the texture height to the next power of two.
Combine two fonts into one:
Combine two fonts into one:
// Load a first font
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
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io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("fontawesome-webfont.ttf", 18.0f, &config, icons_ranges);
io.Fonts->Build();
Add a fourth parameter to bake specific font ranges only:
Add a fourth parameter to bake specific font ranges only:
// Basic Latin, Extended Latin
io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels, NULL, io.Fonts->GetGlyphRangesDefault());
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// Default + Hiragana, Katakana, Half-Width, Selection of 1946 Ideographs
io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels, NULL, io.Fonts->GetGlyphRangesJapanese());
See "BUILDING CUSTOM GLYPH RANGES" section to create your own ranges.
Offset font vertically by altering the io.Font->DisplayOffset value:
See "BUILDING CUSTOM GLYPH RANGES" section to create your own ranges.
Offset font vertically by altering the io.Font->DisplayOffset value:
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels);
font->DisplayOffset.y = 1; // Render 1 pixel down
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FREETYPE RASTERIZER, SMALL FONT SIZES
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Dear ImGui uses imstb_truetype.h to rasterize fonts (with optional oversampling).
This technique and its implementation are not ideal for fonts rendered at _small sizes_, which may appear a
little blurry or hard to read.
Dear ImGui uses imstb_truetype.h to rasterize fonts (with optional oversampling).
This technique and its implementation are not ideal for fonts rendered at _small sizes_, which may appear a
little blurry or hard to read.
There is an implementation of the ImFontAtlas builder using FreeType that you can use in the misc/freetype/ folder.
There is an implementation of the ImFontAtlas builder using FreeType that you can use in the misc/freetype/ folder.
FreeType supports auto-hinting which tends to improve the readability of small fonts.
Note that this code currently creates textures that are unoptimally too large (could be fixed with some work).
Also note that correct sRGB space blending will have an important effect on your font rendering quality.
FreeType supports auto-hinting which tends to improve the readability of small fonts.
Note that this code currently creates textures that are unoptimally too large (could be fixed with some work).
Also note that correct sRGB space blending will have an important effect on your font rendering quality.
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BUILDING CUSTOM GLYPH RANGES
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You can use the ImFontAtlas::GlyphRangesBuilder helper to create glyph ranges based on text input.
For example: for a game where your script is known, if you can feed your entire script to it and only build the characters the game needs.
You can use the ImFontAtlas::GlyphRangesBuilder helper to create glyph ranges based on text input.
For example: for a game where your script is known, if you can feed your entire script to it and only build the characters the game needs.
ImVector<ImWchar> ranges;
ImFontAtlas::GlyphRangesBuilder builder;
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EMBEDDING FONTS IN SOURCE CODE
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Compile and use 'binary_to_compressed_c.cpp' to create a compressed C style array that you can embed in source code.
See the documentation in binary_to_compressed_c.cpp for instruction on how to use the tool.
You may find a precompiled version binary_to_compressed_c.exe for Windows instead of demo binaries package (see README).
The tool optionally used Base85 encoding to reduce the size of _source code_ but the read-only arrays will be about 20% bigger.
Compile and use 'binary_to_compressed_c.cpp' to create a compressed C style array that you can embed in source code.
See the documentation in binary_to_compressed_c.cpp for instruction on how to use the tool.
You may find a precompiled version binary_to_compressed_c.exe for Windows instead of demo binaries package (see README).
The tool optionally used Base85 encoding to reduce the size of _source code_ but the read-only arrays will be about 20% bigger.
Then load the font with:
Then load the font with:
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryCompressedTTF(compressed_data, compressed_data_size, size_pixels, ...);
or:
or:
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryCompressedBase85TTF(compressed_data_base85, size_pixels, ...);
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CREDITS/LICENSES FOR FONTS INCLUDED IN THIS FOLDER
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Roboto-Medium.ttf
Roboto-Medium.ttf
Apache License 2.0
by Christian Robertson
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto
Cousine-Regular.ttf
Cousine-Regular.ttf
by Steve Matteson
Digitized data copyright (c) 2010 Google Corporation.
Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cousine
DroidSans.ttf
DroidSans.ttf
Copyright (c) Steve Matteson
Apache License, version 2.0
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/droid-sans
ProggyClean.ttf
ProggyClean.ttf
Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Tristan Grimmer
MIT License
recommended loading setting in ImGui: Size = 13.0, DisplayOffset.Y = +1
http://www.proggyfonts.net/
ProggyTiny.ttf
ProggyTiny.ttf
Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Tristan Grimmer
MIT License
recommended loading setting in ImGui: Size = 10.0, DisplayOffset.Y = +1
http://www.proggyfonts.net/
Karla-Regular.ttf
Karla-Regular.ttf
Copyright (c) 2012, Jonathan Pinhorn
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1
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LINKS, OTHER FONTS
FONTS LINKS
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(Icons) Icon fonts
https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
https://github.com/SamBrishes/kenney-icon-font
ICON FONTS
C/C++ header for icon fonts (#define with code points to use in source code string literals)
https://github.com/juliettef/IconFontCppHeaders
FontAwesome
https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome
OpenFontIcons
https://github.com/traverseda/OpenFontIcons
Google Icon Fonts
https://design.google.com/icons/
You can use https://github.com/juliettef/IconFontCppHeaders for C/C++ header files with name #define to access icon codepoint in source code.
(Icons) IcoMoon - Custom Icon font builder
Kenney Icon Font (Game Controller Icons)
https://github.com/nicodinh/kenney-icon-font
IcoMoon - Custom Icon font builder
https://icomoon.io/app
(Pixel perfect) Sweet16, Sweet16 Mono, by Martin Sedlak (Latin + Supplemental + Extended A)
https://github.com/kmar/Sweet16Font
Also include .inl file to use directly in dear imgui.
REGULAR FONTS
Google Noto Fonts (worldwide languages)
https://www.google.com/get/noto/
(Regular) Open Sans Fonts
Open Sans Fonts
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans
(Regular) Google Noto Fonts (worldwide languages)
https://www.google.com/get/noto/
(Japanese) M+ fonts by Coji Morishita are free
http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html
MONOSPACE FONTS
(Monospace) Typefaces for source code beautification
(Pixel Perfect) Proggy Fonts, by Tristan Grimmer
http://www.proggyfonts.net or http://upperbounds.net
(Pixel Perfect) Sweet16, Sweet16 Mono, by Martin Sedlak (Latin + Supplemental + Extended A)
https://github.com/kmar/Sweet16Font
Also include .inl file to use directly in dear imgui.
Typefaces for source code beautification
https://github.com/chrissimpkins/codeface
(Monospace) Programmation fonts
Programmation fonts
http://s9w.github.io/font_compare/
(Monospace) Proggy Programming Fonts
http://upperbounds.net
(Monospace) Inconsolata
Inconsolata
http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
(Monospace) Adobe Source Code Pro: Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments
Adobe Source Code Pro: Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments
https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro
(Monospace) Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts
Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts
http://www.lowing.org/fonts/
(Japanese) M+ fonts by Coji Morishita are free and include most useful Kanjis you would need.
http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index-en.html
Or use Arial Unicode or other Unicode fonts provided with Windows for full characters coverage (not sure of their licensing).

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