Meshtext

Meshtext is a font triangulation tool for 3D scenes.

⚠️ Version 0.1 of this crate focuses on correctness and not so much on speed. ⚠️

The idea is to have a feature complete Proof-of-Concept first and then start optimizing.

Features

• Generates indexed or non-indexed meshes
• Automatically caches glyphs (also supports preloading)
• Flat 2D text (in 3D space) or 3D text
• Supports custom transformation of text sections

Limitations

• Linebreaks and wrapping must be handled manually
• Does not support bevels, because there is only one depth segment
• There is no support for subscripts and superscripts

TODO

• [ ] Add a 2D mesh generator where each vertex is composed of two coordinates
• [ ] Implement an optimizer that removes redundant vertices and triangles
• [ ] Add proper benchmarks
• [ ] Optimize for speed
• [ ] Evaluate no-std support

Attribution

• Depends heavily on cdt for triangulation.
• Uses ttf-parser for font loading.
• Uses glam for performing basic linear algebra.

License

All code in this repository is dual-licensed under either:

• MIT License (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

at your option.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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