0.3.0 • Published 4 years ago
@mapbox/fontmachine v0.3.0
@mapbox/fontmachine
Make GL-ready pbfs and metadata for usage in fontstack API.
makeGlyphs(opts, opts.font, opts.filetype, [opts.concurrency], callback)
Make all metadata (codepoints) and SDF PBFs necessary for Mapbox GL fontstacks.
Parameters
parameter | type | description |
---|---|---|
opts | Object | Options object with required font and filetype properties, and any optional parameters. |
opts.font | Buffer | The font file as a Buffer . |
opts.filetype | string | Type of font (e.g. '.ttf' or '.otf' ). |
[opts.concurrency] | number | optional: Concurrency to use when processing font into PBFs. If undefined , concurrency is unbounded. |
callback | function(err, result) | Callback takes arguments (error , result ). |
Callback result
property | type | description |
---|---|---|
name | string | The name of this font (concatenated family_name + style_name). |
stack | Array<{name: string, data: Buffer}> | An array of 256 {name: filename, data: buffer} objects with SDF PBFs covering points 0-65535. |
metadata | {family_name: string, style_name: string} | Metadata about the font. |
codepoints | Array<int> | Array of codepoints covered by the font. |
original | {name: string, data: Buffer} | An object containing the original font file (named 'original<filetype>' ) |
Installation
Requires nodejs.
$ npm install @mapbox/fontmachine
Tests
$ npm test