glyph_brush
[](https://crates.io/crates/glyph_brush)
[](https://docs.rs/glyph_brush)
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Fast caching text render library using [ab_glyph](https://github.com/alexheretic/ab-glyph). Provides render API agnostic rasterization & draw caching logic.
Makes extensive use of caching to optimise frame performance.
* GPU texture cache logic to dynamically maintain a GPU texture of rendered glyphs.
* Caching of glyph layout output to avoid repeated cost of identical text rendering on sequential frames.
* Layouts are re-used to optimise similar layout calculation after a change.
* Vertex generation is cached per section and re-assembled into the total vertex array on change.
* Avoids any layout or vertex calculations when identical text is rendered on sequential frames.
The crate is designed to be easily wrapped to create a convenient render API specific version, for example [gfx-glyph](https://github.com/alexheretic/gfx-glyph/tree/master/gfx-glyph).
```rust
use glyph_brush::{ab_glyph::FontArc, BrushAction, BrushError, GlyphBrushBuilder, Section, Text};
let dejavu = FontArc::try_from_slice(include_bytes!("../../fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf"))?;
let mut glyph_brush = GlyphBrushBuilder::using_font(dejavu).build();
glyph_brush.queue(Section::default().add_text(Text::new("Hello glyph_brush")));
glyph_brush.queue(some_other_section);
match glyph_brush.process_queued(
|rect, tex_data| update_texture(rect, tex_data),
|vertex_data| into_vertex(vertex_data),
) {
Ok(BrushAction::Draw(vertices)) => {
// Draw new vertices.
}
Ok(BrushAction::ReDraw) => {
// Re-draw last frame's vertices unmodified.
}
Err(BrushError::TextureTooSmall { suggested }) => {
// Enlarge texture + glyph_brush texture cache and retry.
}
}
```
## Examples
Have a look at
* `cargo run --example opengl --release`