X-Git-Url: http://git.tdb.fi/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Readme;h=9d10f6c52f85b599349e028fa45766b9fdb16713;hb=633be0c0c9ae91ab068ee84d4eb5f32328cf6280;hp=436e6b35bec11b399be80500296c602c3b069f72;hpb=8092994319f38eda5005e2896d9bdffe583fec4a;p=ttf2png.git diff --git a/Readme b/Readme index 436e6b3..9d10f6c 100644 --- a/Readme +++ b/Readme @@ -1,25 +1,28 @@ 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 - default is 0,255, matching the ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. + 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. Code + points can be specified as plain numbers, unicode code points (U+xxxx) or + UTF-8 characters. This option can be specified multiple times to add + more ranges to be converted. -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 +45,8 @@ 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 +56,10 @@ 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 @@ -132,6 +136,10 @@ some fonts, not all of the glyphs fit completely inside the character box. Changelog +next +- Alternate ways of specifying code point ranges +- Multiple code point ranges can be specified + 1.1 - Controllable margin and padding in packed mode - Do not generate overly large images in sequential grid mode