X-Git-Url: http://git.tdb.fi/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Readme;h=3e9eb40b323aa81d348344f9065aff765ccd7457;hb=f506acab628d313bb2e140ec936dc8970ba2f0d0;hp=74f4b569d1ebd49fb2026492dedd3d04e871af25;hpb=e13494aae1ab762e1b799571c7971cfe0a730451;p=ttf2png.git diff --git a/Readme b/Readme index 74f4b56..3e9eb40 100644 --- a/Readme +++ b/Readme @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ ttf2png - True Type Font to PNG converter -Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Mikko Rasa, Mikkosoft Productions +Copyright (c) 2004-2018 Mikko Rasa, Mikkosoft Productions Software requirements FreeType 2 -libpng 1.2 +libpng 1.6 C compiler (preferably GCC) Command-line options -r , - Range of characters to convert, specified as unicode code points. The + Range of code points to convert, specified as unicode code points. The default is 0,255, matching the ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. -s Font size to use. The default is 10 pixels. -l - Number of characters to put in one line. Defaults to autodetect. Ignored + Number of glyphs to put in one line. Defaults to autodetect. Ignored if -p is used. -c [x] @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Command-line options -i Invert colors of the glyphs. When rendering to alpha channel, only the - alpha channel is inverted. + alpha channel is inverted. The default is to render black glyphs on a + white background. -v Increase the level of verbosity. @@ -52,10 +53,18 @@ Command-line options each glyph is determined by its code point. Ignored if -p is used. -p - Pack the glyphs tightly in the image. One-pixel gaps are left between - glyphs. By default glyphs are rendered in a regular grid. Creating a - definition file is recommended, as the resulting image can seem rather - messy. + Pack the glyphs tightly in the image. Small gaps are left between glyphs, + controlled by the -n option. By default glyphs are rendered in a regular + grid. Creating a definition file is recommended, as the resulting image + can seem rather messy. + + -m + Leave a margin around the edges of the generated image. By default glyphs + can touch the edges. Only used with -p. + + -n + Control the amount of padding between glyphs. The default is 1 pixel. + Only used with -p. -d File name to write glyph definitions. See the section below for details. @@ -124,6 +133,10 @@ some fonts, not all of the glyphs fit completely inside the character box. Changelog +1.1 +- Controllable margin and padding in packed mode +- Do not generate overly large images in sequential grid mode + 1.0 - Improve the packing algorithm - Non-square cells for grid mode