The code in imgui.cpp embeds a copy of 'ProggyClean.ttf' (by Tristan Grimmer),
a 13 pixels high, pixel-perfect font used by default. We embed it font in source code so you can use Dear ImGui without any file system access.
You may also load external .TTF/.OTF files. The files in this folder are suggested fonts, provided as a convenience.
Fonts are rasterized in a single texture at the time of calling either of
(You may browse this document at https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/docs/FONTS.md or view this file with any Markdown viewer.)
- `io.Fonts->GetTexDataAsAlpha8()`
- `GetTexDataAsRGBA32()/Build()`
The code in imgui.cpp embeds a copy of 'ProggyClean.ttf' (by Tristan Grimmer),
a 13 pixels high, pixel-perfect font used by default. We embed it in the source code so you can use Dear ImGui without any file system access. ProggyClean does not scale smoothly, therefore it is recommended that you load your own file when using Dear ImGui in an application aiming to look nice and wanting to support multiple resolutions.
**Please read the FAQ:** https://www.dearimgui.org/faq
Please use the Discord server: http://discord.dearimgui.org and not the GitHub issue tracker for basic font loading questions.
You may also load external .TTF/.OTF files.
In the [misc/fonts/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/tree/master/misc/fonts) folder you can find a few suggested fonts, provided as a convenience.
**Read the FAQ:** https://www.dearimgui.org/faq (there is a Fonts section!)
- [Using Font Data Embedded In Source Code](#using-font-data-embedded-in-source-code)
- [About filenames](#about-filenames)
- [Credits/Licenses For Fonts Included In Repository](#creditslicenses-for-fonts-included-in-repository)
- [Font Links](#font-links)
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## Readme First
- You can use the style editor ImGui::ShowStyleEditor() in the "Fonts" section to browse your fonts
and understand what's going on if you have an issue.
- Make sure your font ranges data are persistent (available during the call to GetTexDataAsAlpha8()/GetTexDataAsRGBA32()/Build().
- Use C++11 u8"my text" syntax to encode literal strings as UTF-8. e.g.:
```
u8"hello"
u8"こんにちは" // this will be encoded as UTF-8
```
- If you want to include a backslash \ character in your string literal, you need to double them e.g. "folder\\\filename".
- All loaded fonts glyphs are rendered into a single texture atlas ahead of time. Calling either of `io.Fonts->GetTexDataAsAlpha8()`, `io.Fonts->GetTexDataAsRGBA32()` or `io.Fonts->Build()` will build the atlas.
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## Using Icons
- You can use the style editor `ImGui::ShowStyleEditor()` in the "Fonts" section to browse your fonts and understand what's going on if you have an issue. You can also reach it in `Demo->Tools->Style Editor->Fonts`:
- Using an icon font (such as [FontAwesome](http://fontawesome.io) or [OpenFontIcons](https://github.com/traverseda/OpenFontIcons)) is an easy and practical way to use icons in your Dear ImGui application.
- A common pattern is to merge the icon font within your main font, so you can embed icons directly from your strings without having to change fonts back and forth.
- To refer to the icon UTF-8 codepoints from your C++ code, you may use those headers files created by Juliette Foucaut:
See Links below for other icons fonts and related tools.
If you get an assert stating "Could not load font file!", your font filename is likely incorrect. Read "[About filenames](#about-filenames)" carefully.
For advanced options create a ImFontConfig structure and pass it to the AddFont function (it will be copied internally):
See [Using Custom Glyph Ranges](#using-custom-glyph-ranges) section to create your own ranges.
**Offset font vertically by altering the `io.Font->DisplayOffset` value:**
```cpp
ImFontConfig config;
config.OversampleH = 2;
config.OversampleV = 1;
config.GlyphExtraSpacing.x = 1.0f;
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels, &config);
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("font.ttf", size_pixels);
font->DisplayOffset.y = 1; // Render 1 pixel down
```
**Read about oversampling [here](https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/tests/oversample)**
- If you have very large number of glyphs or multiple fonts, the texture may become too big for your graphics API.
- The typical result of failing to upload a texture is if every glyphs appears as white rectangles.
- In particular, using a large range such as GetGlyphRangesChineseSimplifiedCommon() is not recommended unless you set OversampleH/OversampleV to 1 and use a small font size.
**Font Atlas too large?**
- If you have very large number of glyphs or multiple fonts, the texture may become too big for your graphics API. The typical result of failing to upload a texture is if every glyphs appears as white rectangles.
- In particular, using a large range such as `GetGlyphRangesChineseSimplifiedCommon()` is not recommended unless you set `OversampleH`/`OversampleV` to 1 and use a small font size.
- Mind the fact that some graphics drivers have texture size limitation.
- If you are building a PC application, mind the fact that your users may use hardware with lower limitations than yours.
Some solutions:
1. Reduce glyphs ranges by calculating them from source localization data.
You can use ImFontGlyphRangesBuilder for this purpose, this will be the biggest win!
2. You may reduce oversampling, e.g. config.OversampleH = config.OversampleV = 1, this will largely reduce your texture size.
3. Set io.Fonts.TexDesiredWidth to specify a texture width to minimize texture height (see comment in ImFontAtlas::Build function).
4. Set io.Fonts.Flags |= ImFontAtlasFlags_NoPowerOfTwoHeight; to disable rounding the texture height to the next power of two.
1. Reduce glyphs ranges by calculating them from source localization data.
You can use the `ImFontGlyphRangesBuilder` for this purpose, this will be the biggest win!
2. You may reduce oversampling, e.g. `font_config.OversampleH = font_config.OversampleV = 1`, this will largely reduce your texture size.
3. Set `io.Fonts.TexDesiredWidth` to specify a texture width to minimize texture height (see comment in `ImFontAtlas::Build()` function).
4. Set `io.Fonts.Flags |= ImFontAtlasFlags_NoPowerOfTwoHeight;` to disable rounding the texture height to the next power of two.
5. Read about oversampling [here](https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/tests/oversample).
Combine two fonts into one:
```cpp
// Load a first font
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
// Add character ranges and merge into the previous font
// The ranges array is not copied by the AddFont* functions and is used lazily
// so ensure it is available at the time of building or calling GetTexDataAsRGBA32().
static const ImWchar icons_ranges[] = { 0xf000, 0xf3ff, 0 }; // Will not be copied by AddFont* so keep in scope.
Using an icon font (such as [FontAwesome](http://fontawesome.io) or [OpenFontIcons](https://github.com/traverseda/OpenFontIcons)) is an easy and practical way to use icons in your Dear ImGui application.
A common pattern is to merge the icon font within your main font, so you can embed icons directly from your strings without having to change fonts back and forth.
// Default + Selection of 2500 Ideographs used by Simplified Chinese
To refer to the icon UTF-8 codepoints from your C++ code, you may use those headers files created by Juliette Foucaut: https://github.com/juliettef/IconFontCppHeaders.
So you can use `ICON_FA_SEARCH` as a string that will render as a "Search" icon.
// Default + Hiragana, Katakana, Half-Width, Selection of 1946 Ideographs
- Dear ImGui uses imstb\_truetype.h to rasterize fonts (with optional oversampling). This technique and its implementation are not ideal for fonts rendered at small sizes, which may appear a little blurry or hard to read.
- There is an implementation of the ImFontAtlas builder using FreeType that you can use in the misc/freetype/ folder.
- There is an implementation of the ImFontAtlas builder using FreeType that you can use in the [misc/freetype/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/tree/master/misc/freetype) folder.
- FreeType supports auto-hinting which tends to improve the readability of small fonts.
- Read documentation in the [misc/freetype/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/tree/master/misc/freetype) folder.
- Correct sRGB space blending will have an important effect on your font rendering quality.
**Note**
- This code currently creates textures that are unoptimally too large (could be fixed with some work).
- Also note that correct sRGB space blending will have an important effect on your font rendering quality.
##### [Return to Index](#index)
## Using Custom Glyph Ranges
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## Building Custom Glyph Ranges
You can use the ImFontGlyphRangesBuilder helper to create glyph ranges based on text input. For example: for a game where your script is known, if you can feed your entire script to it and only build the characters the game needs.
You can use the `ImFontGlyphRangesBuilder` helper to create glyph ranges based on text input. For example: for a game where your script is known, if you can feed your entire script to it and only build the characters the game needs.
io.Fonts->Build(); // Build the atlas while 'ranges' is still in scope and not deleted.
```
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##### [Return to Index](#index)
## Using Custom Colorful Icons
**(This is a BETA api, use if you are familiar with dear imgui and with your rendering back-end)**
- You can use the ImFontAtlas::AddCustomRect() and ImFontAtlas::AddCustomRectFontGlyph() api to register rectangles that will be packed into the font atlas texture. Register them before building the atlas, then call Build().
- You can then use ImFontAtlas::GetCustomRectByIndex(int) to query the position/size of your rectangle within the texture, and blit/copy any graphics data of your choice into those rectangles.
- You can use the `ImFontAtlas::AddCustomRect()` and `ImFontAtlas::AddCustomRectFontGlyph()` api to register rectangles that will be packed into the font atlas texture. Register them before building the atlas, then call Build()`.
- You can then use `ImFontAtlas::GetCustomRectByIndex(int)` to query the position/size of your rectangle within the texture, and blit/copy any graphics data of your choice into those rectangles.
- This API is beta because it is likely to change in order to support multi-dpi (multiple viewports on multiple monitors with varying DPI scale).
#### Pseudo-code:
```
// Add font, then register two custom 13x13 rectangles mapped to glyph 'a' and 'b' of this font
- Compile and use 'binary\_to\_compressed\_c.cpp' to create a compressed C style array that you can embed in source code.
- See the documentation in binary\_to\_compressed\_c.cpp for instruction on how to use the tool.
- You may find a precompiled version binary_to_compressed_c.exe for Windows instead of demo binaries package (see README).
- Compile and use [binary_to_compressed_c.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/misc/fonts/binary_to_compressed_c.cpp) to create a compressed C style array that you can embed in source code.
- See the documentation in [binary_to_compressed_c.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/misc/fonts/binary_to_compressed_c.cpp) for instruction on how to use the tool.
- You may find a precompiled version binary_to_compressed_c.exe for Windows instead of demo binaries package (see [README](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/docs/README.md)).
- The tool can optionally output Base85 encoding to reduce the size of _source code_ but the read-only arrays in the actual binary will be about 20% bigger.
Then load the font with:
` ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryCompressedTTF(compressed_data, compressed_data_size, size_pixels, ...); `
```cpp
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryCompressedTTF(compressed_data, compressed_data_size, size_pixels, ...);
```
or
`ImFont* font = io.Fonts- AddFontFromMemoryCompressedBase85TTF(compressed_data_base85, size_pixels, ...);
`
```cpp
ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryCompressedBase85TTF(compressed_data_base85, size_pixels, ...);
```
##### [Return to Index](#index)
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## Credits/Licenses For Fonts Included In This Folder
## About filenames
Roboto-Medium.ttf
**Please note that many new C/C++ users have issues their files _because the filename they provide is wrong_.**
Two things to watch for:
- Make sure your IDE/debugger settings starts your executable from the right working directory. In Visual Studio you can change your working directory in project `Properties > General > Debugging > Working Directory`. People assume that their execution will start from the root folder of the project, where by default it oftens start from the folder where object or executable files are stored.
```cpp
// Relative filename depends on your Working Directory when running your program!
- In C/C++ and most programming languages if you want to use a backslash `\` within a string literal, you need to write it double backslash `\\`. At it happens, Windows uses backslashes as a path separator, so be mindful.
```cpp
io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("MyFiles\MyImage01.jpg", ...); // This is INCORRECT!!
io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("MyFiles\\MyImage01.jpg", ...); // This is CORRECT
```
In some situations, you may also use `/` path separator under Windows.
##### [Return to Index](#index)
## Credits/Licenses For Fonts Included In Repository
Some fonts files are available in the `misc/fonts/` folder:
```
Roboto-Medium.ttf
Apache License 2.0
by Christian Robertson
by Christian Robetson
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto
Cousine-Regular.ttf
by Steve Matteson
Digitized data copyright (c) 2010 Google Corporation.
Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Adobe Source Code Pro: Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments
https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro
Pixel Perfect:
- Proggy Fonts, by Tristan Grimmer http://www.proggyfonts.net or http://upperbounds.net
- Sweet16, Sweet16 Mono, by Martin Sedlak (Latin + Supplemental + Extended A) https://github.com/kmar/Sweet16Font (also include an .inl file to use directly in dear imgui.)
Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts
http://www.lowing.org/fonts/
Regular:
- Google Noto Mono Fonts https://www.google.com/get/noto/
- Typefaces for source code beautification https://github.com/chrissimpkins/codeface
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - Emscripten allows preloading a file or folder to be accessible at runtime. See Makefile for details.
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
// - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return NULL. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
// - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.txt' for more instructions and details.
// - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
// - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
// (Integer encoded as XYYZZ for use in #if preprocessor conditionals. Work in progress versions typically starts at XYY99 then bounce up to XYY00, XYY01 etc. when release tagging happens)
"CJK text will only appears if the font was loaded with the appropriate CJK character ranges. "
"Call io.Font->AddFontFromFileTTF() manually to load extra character ranges. "
"Read docs/FONTS.txt for details.");
"Read docs/FONTS.md for details.");
ImGui::Text("Hiragana: \xe3\x81\x8b\xe3\x81\x8d\xe3\x81\x8f\xe3\x81\x91\xe3\x81\x93 (kakikukeko)");// Normally we would use u8"blah blah" with the proper characters directly in the string.
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