Merge pull request #169 from ey6es/master

New text rendering method.  This introduces a dependency on Qt 4.

interface/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ include_glm(${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
 # create the InterfaceConfig.h file based on GL_HEADERS above
 configure_file(InterfaceConfig.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/InterfaceConfig.h)
 
-# grab the implementation and header files from src dir
+# grab the implementation and header files from src dirs
 file(GLOB INTERFACE_SRCS src/*.cpp src/*.h)
+foreach(SUBDIR ui)
+  file(GLOB SUBDIR_SRCS src/${SUBDIR}/*.cpp src/${SUBDIR}/*.h)
+  set(INTERFACE_SRCS ${INTERFACE_SRCS} ${SUBDIR_SRCS})
+endforeach(SUBDIR)
 
 # project subdirectories
 add_subdirectory(src/starfield)
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ include_directories(
     ${LODEPNG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
+find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED QtCore QtGui)
+include(${QT_USE_FILE})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
+
 if (NOT APPLE)
     find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
     find_package(GLUT REQUIRED)

interface/src/Avatar.cpp

@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 #include "Avatar.h"
 #include "Log.h"
+#include "ui/TextRenderer.h"
 #include <AgentList.h>
 #include <AgentTypes.h>
 #include <PacketHeaders.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
+const bool BALLS_ON = false;
+
 const bool  AVATAR_GRAVITY          = true;
 const float DECAY                   = 0.1;
 const float THRUST_MAG              = 1200.0;
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@ const float MY_HAND_HOLDING_PULL    = 0.2;
 const float YOUR_HAND_HOLDING_PULL  = 1.0;
 const float BODY_SPRING_FORCE       = 6.0f;
 const float BODY_SPRING_DECAY       = 16.0f;
-
 //const float COLLISION_FRICTION      = 0.5;
 //const float COLLISION_RADIUS_SCALAR = 1.8;
 //const float COLLISION_BALL_FORCE    = 0.1;
@@ -40,9 +42,7 @@ const float COLLISION_BALL_FORCE    = 0.6;
 const float COLLISION_BODY_FORCE    = 6.0;
 const float COLLISION_BALL_FRICTION = 200.0;
 const float COLLISION_BODY_FRICTION = 0.5;
-
-const bool BALLS_ON = false;
-
+    
 float skinColor[] = {1.0, 0.84, 0.66};
 float lightBlue[] = { 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 };
 float browColor[] = {210.0/255.0, 105.0/255.0, 30.0/255.0};
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool usingBigSphereCollisionTest = true;
 
 char iris_texture_file[] = "resources/images/green_eye.png";
 
-float chatMessageScale = 0.00025;
+float chatMessageScale = 0.001;
 float chatMessageHeight = 0.4;
 
 vector<unsigned char> iris_texture;
@@ -676,6 +676,11 @@ void Avatar::setDisplayingHead( bool displayingHead ) {
 }
 
 
+static TextRenderer* textRenderer() {
+    static TextRenderer* renderer = new TextRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY, 24);
+    return renderer;
+}
+
 void Avatar::render(bool lookingInMirror) {
     
     /*
@@ -725,10 +730,10 @@ void Avatar::render(bool lookingInMirror) {
     }
 
     if (!_chatMessage.empty()) {
-        float width = 0;
-        float lastWidth;
+        int width = 0;
+        int lastWidth;
         for (string::iterator it = _chatMessage.begin(); it != _chatMessage.end(); it++) {
-            width += (lastWidth = glutStrokeWidth(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, *it)*chatMessageScale);
+            width += (lastWidth = textRenderer()->computeWidth(*it));
         }
         glPushMatrix();
         
@@ -740,11 +745,14 @@ void Avatar::render(bool lookingInMirror) {
         
         glTranslatef(_position.x, _position.y + chatMessageHeight, _position.z);
         glRotatef(atan2(-modelview[2], -modelview[10]) * 180 / PI, 0, 1, 0);
-        glTranslatef(width * 0.5, 0, 0);
         
+        glColor3f(0, 0.8, 0);
+        glRotatef(180, 0, 0, 1);
+        glScalef(chatMessageScale, chatMessageScale, 1.0f);
+
         glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
         if (_keyState == NO_KEY_DOWN) {
-            drawtext(0, 0, chatMessageScale, 180, 1.0, 0, _chatMessage.c_str(), 0, 1, 0);
+            textRenderer()->draw(-width/2, 0, _chatMessage.c_str());
             
         } else {
             // rather than using substr and allocating a new string, just replace the last
@@ -752,11 +760,10 @@ void Avatar::render(bool lookingInMirror) {
             int lastIndex = _chatMessage.size() - 1;
             char lastChar = _chatMessage[lastIndex];
             _chatMessage[lastIndex] = '\0';
-            drawtext(0, 0, chatMessageScale, 180, 1.0, 0, _chatMessage.c_str(), 0, 1, 0);
+            textRenderer()->draw(-width/2, 0, _chatMessage.c_str());
             _chatMessage[lastIndex] = lastChar;
-            glTranslatef(lastWidth - width, 0, 0);
-            drawtext(0, 0, chatMessageScale, 180, 3.0,
-                0, _chatMessage.c_str() + lastIndex, 0, 1, 0);                        
+            glColor3f(0, 1, 0);
+            textRenderer()->draw(width/2 - lastWidth, 0, _chatMessage.c_str() + lastIndex);                        
         }
         glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
         

interface/src/Avatar.h

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public:
     const bool getHeadReturnToCenter() const { return _returnHeadToCenter; };
 
 private:
+
     struct AvatarBone
     {
         AvatarBoneID parent;				// which bone is this bone connected to?

interface/src/AvatarTouch.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "AvatarTouch.h"
 #include "InterfaceConfig.h"
 
+const float THREAD_RADIUS = 0.007;
 
 AvatarTouch::AvatarTouch() {
 

interface/src/AvatarTouch.h

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ public:
     void setYourHandPosition( glm::vec3 position );
     void simulate(float deltaTime);
     void render();
-
-    const float THREAD_RADIUS = 0.007;
     
 private:
 

interface/src/Log.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include "Util.h"
+#include "ui/TextRenderer.h"
 
 namespace {
     // anonymous namespace - everything in here only exists within this very .cpp file
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ namespace {
     unsigned const LINE_BUFFER_SIZE = 256;          // number of lines that are buffered
     unsigned const MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 512;        // maximum number of characters for a message
 
+    const char* FONT_FAMILY = SANS_FONT_FAMILY;
+    
     bool const TEXT_MONOSPACED = true;
 
     float const TEXT_RED = 0.7f;
@@ -194,6 +197,11 @@ void Log::setCharacterSize(unsigned width, unsigned height) {
     pthread_mutex_unlock(& _mtx);
 }
 
+static TextRenderer* textRenderer() {
+    static TextRenderer* renderer = new TextRenderer(FONT_FAMILY);
+    return renderer;
+}
+
 void Log::render(unsigned screenWidth, unsigned screenHeight) {
 
     // rendering might take some time, so create a local copy of the portion we need
@@ -261,10 +269,8 @@ void Log::render(unsigned screenWidth, unsigned screenHeight) {
     }
 
     // get values for rendering
-    float scaleFactor = _valCharScale;
-    int yStart = int((screenHeight - _valCharYoffset) / _valCharAspect);
-    int yStep = int(_valCharHeight / _valCharAspect);
-    float yScale = _valCharAspect;
+    int yStep = textRenderer()->metrics().lineSpacing();
+    int yStart = screenHeight - textRenderer()->metrics().descent();
 
     // render text
     char** line = _ptrLinesEnd + showLines;
@@ -273,11 +279,6 @@ void Log::render(unsigned screenWidth, unsigned screenHeight) {
     pthread_mutex_unlock(& _mtx);
     // ok, we got all we need
 
-    GLint matrixMode; 
-    glGetIntegerv(GL_MATRIX_MODE, & matrixMode);   
-    glPushMatrix();
-    glScalef(1.0f, yScale, 1.0f);
-
     for (int y = yStart; y > 0; y -= yStep) {
 
         // debug mode: check line pointer is valid
@@ -299,14 +300,11 @@ void Log::render(unsigned screenWidth, unsigned screenHeight) {
         assert(! (chars < _ptrCharsEnd || chars >= _ptrCharsEnd + (_ptrCharsEnd - _arrChars)));
 
         // render the string
-        drawtext(x, y, scaleFactor, 0.0f, 1.0f, int(TEXT_MONOSPACED), 
-                 chars, TEXT_RED, TEXT_GREEN, TEXT_BLUE);
+        glColor3f(TEXT_RED, TEXT_GREEN, TEXT_BLUE);
+        textRenderer()->draw(x, y, chars);
 
 //fprintf(stderr, "Log::render, message = \"%s\"\n", chars);
     }
-
-    glPopMatrix();
-    glMatrixMode(matrixMode);
 }
 
 Log logger;

interface/src/Util.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 
 #include "Log.h"
+#include "ui/TextRenderer.h"
 #include "world.h"
 #include "Util.h"
 
@@ -151,19 +152,18 @@ double diffclock(timeval *clock1,timeval *clock2)
 	return diffms;
 }
 
+static TextRenderer* textRenderer(int mono) {
+    static TextRenderer* monoRenderer = new TextRenderer(MONO_FONT_FAMILY);
+    static TextRenderer* proportionalRenderer = new TextRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY);
+    return mono ? monoRenderer : proportionalRenderer;
+}
+
 int widthText(float scale, int mono, char const* string) {
-    int width = 0;
-    if (!mono) {
-        width = scale * glutStrokeLength(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, (const unsigned char *) string);
-    } else {
-#ifndef WORKAROUND_BROKEN_GLUT_STROKES
-        width = scale * glutStrokeLength(GLUT_STROKE_MONO_ROMAN, (const unsigned char *) string);
-#else
-        // return value is unreliable, so just calculate it
-        width = scale * float(strlen(string)) * MONO_STROKE_WIDTH_GLUT;
-#endif
-    }
-    return width;
+    return textRenderer(mono)->computeWidth(string) * (scale / 0.10);
+}
+
+float widthChar(float scale, int mono, char ch) {
+    return textRenderer(mono)->computeWidth(ch) * (scale / 0.10);
 }
 
 void drawtext(int x, int y, float scale, float rotate, float thick, int mono,
@@ -176,35 +176,12 @@ void drawtext(int x, int y, float scale, float rotate, float thick, int mono,
     glPushMatrix();
     glTranslatef( static_cast<float>(x), static_cast<float>(y), 0.0f);
     glColor3f(r,g,b);
-    glRotated(180+rotate,0,0,1);
-    glRotated(180,0,1,0);
-    glLineWidth(thick);
-    glScalef(scale, scale, 1.0);
-    len = (int) strlen(string);
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-	{
-        if (!mono) {
-            glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, int(string[i]));
-        } else {
-#ifdef WORKAROUND_BROKEN_GLUT_STROKES
-            if (string[i] != 'm') {
-#endif
-                glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_MONO_ROMAN, int(string[i]));
-#ifdef WORKAROUND_BROKEN_GLUT_STROKES
-            } else {
-                // some glut implementations have a broken 'm'...
-                unsigned char tmpStr[2]; 
-                tmpStr[0] = string[i];
-                tmpStr[1] = '\0';
-                float scale = MONO_STROKE_WIDTH_GLUT / glutStrokeLength(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, tmpStr);
-                glScalef(scale, 1.0f, 1.0f);
-                glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, int(string[i]));
-                // staying humble on the stack - might be in projection mode
-                glScalef(1.0f / scale, 1.0f, 1.0f);
-            }
-#endif
-        }
-	}
+    glRotated(rotate,0,0,1);
+    // glLineWidth(thick);
+    glScalef(scale / 0.10, scale / 0.10, 1.0);
+    
+    textRenderer(mono)->draw(0, 0, string);
+    
     glPopMatrix();
 
 }

interface/src/Util.h

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 #include <Orientation.h>
 
+// the standard sans serif font family
+#define SANS_FONT_FAMILY "Helvetica"
+
+// the standard mono font family
+#define MONO_FONT_FAMILY "Courier"
+
+
 void eulerToOrthonormals(glm::vec3 * angles, glm::vec3 * fwd, glm::vec3 * left, glm::vec3 * up);
 
 float azimuth_to(glm::vec3 head_pos, glm::vec3 source_pos);
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ float randFloat();
 void render_world_box();
 void render_vector(glm::vec3 * vec);
 int widthText(float scale, int mono, char const* string);
+float widthChar(float scale, int mono, char ch);
 void drawtext(int x, int y, float scale, float rotate, float thick, int mono, 
               char const* string, float r=1.0, float g=1.0, float b=1.0);
 void drawvec3(int x, int y, float scale, float rotate, float thick, int mono, glm::vec3 vec, 

interface/src/main.cpp

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <ifaddrs.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <QApplication>
+
 #include <pthread.h> 
 
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
@@ -59,11 +61,13 @@
 #include "AngleUtil.h"
 #include "Stars.h"
 
-#include "MenuRow.h"
-#include "MenuColumn.h"
-#include "Menu.h"
+#include "ui/ChatEntry.h"
+#include "ui/MenuRow.h"
+#include "ui/MenuColumn.h"
+#include "ui/Menu.h"
+#include "ui/TextRenderer.h"
+
 #include "Camera.h"
-#include "ChatEntry.h"
 #include "Avatar.h"
 #include "Texture.h"
 #include <AgentList.h>
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ using namespace std;
 void reshape(int width, int height); // will be defined below
 void loadViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewFrustum);  // will be defined below
 
+QApplication* app;
+
 bool enableNetworkThread = true;
 pthread_t networkReceiveThread;
 bool stopNetworkReceiveThread = false;
@@ -1329,7 +1335,7 @@ void key(unsigned char k, int x, int y)
         if (chatEntry.key(k)) {
             myAvatar.setKeyState(k == '\b' || k == 127 ? // backspace or delete
                 DELETE_KEY_DOWN : INSERT_KEY_DOWN);            
-            myAvatar.setChatMessage(string(chatEntry.getContents().size(), 'X'));
+            myAvatar.setChatMessage(string(chatEntry.getContents().size(), SOLID_BLOCK_CHAR));
             
         } else {
             myAvatar.setChatMessage(chatEntry.getContents());
@@ -1617,6 +1623,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     voxels_lib::printLog = & ::printLog;
     avatars_lib::printLog = & ::printLog;
 
+    // we need to create a QApplication instance in order to use Qt's font rendering
+    app = new QApplication(argc, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+
     unsigned int listenPort = AGENT_SOCKET_LISTEN_PORT;
     const char* portStr = getCmdOption(argc, argv, "--listenPort");
     if (portStr) {

interface/src/ui/ChatEntry.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 const int MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 140;
 
-void ChatEntry::clear () {
+void ChatEntry::clear() {
     _contents.clear();
     _cursorPos = 0;
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ChatEntry::render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
     
     float width = 0;
     for (string::iterator it = _contents.begin(), end = it + _cursorPos; it != end; it++) {
-        width += glutStrokeWidth(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, *it)*0.10;
+        width += widthChar(0.10, 0, *it);
     }
     glDisable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);
     glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);

interface/src/ui/ChatEntry.h

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 class ChatEntry {
 public:
 
-    const std::string& getContents () const { return _contents; }
+    const std::string& getContents() const { return _contents; }
     
-    void clear ();
+    void clear();
     
     bool key(unsigned char k);
     void specialKey(unsigned char k);

interface/src/ui/MenuColumn.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "MenuColumn.h"
 #include "Menu.h"
 
+#include "ui/TextRenderer.h"
 
 MenuColumn::MenuColumn() {
 }
@@ -137,9 +138,12 @@ int MenuColumn::getMaxRowWidth() {
 	return maxColumnWidth;
 }
 
+static TextRenderer* textRenderer() {
+    static TextRenderer* renderer = new TextRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY, 11);
+    return renderer;
+}
+
 void MenuColumn::render(int yOffset, int menuHeight, int lineHeight) {
-    float scale = 0.09;
-    int mono = 0;
     int numberOfRows = rows.size();
     if (numberOfRows > 0) {
 
@@ -158,7 +162,8 @@ void MenuColumn::render(int yOffset, int menuHeight, int lineHeight) {
     char* rowName;
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < rows.size(); ++i) {
         rowName = rows[i].getName();
-        drawtext(leftPosition + SPACE_BEFORE_ROW_NAME, y+5 + yOffset, scale, 0, 1.0, mono, rowName, 0, 0, 0);
+        glColor3f(0, 0, 0);
+        textRenderer()->draw(leftPosition + SPACE_BEFORE_ROW_NAME, y + 5 + yOffset, rowName);
         y += lineHeight;
     }
     renderMouseOver(yOffset);

interface/src/ui/TextRenderer.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+//
+//  TextRenderer.cpp
+//  interface
+//
+//  Created by Andrzej Kapolka on 4/24/13.
+//  Copyright (c) 2013 High Fidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+#include <QFont>
+#include <QPaintEngine>
+#include <QtDebug>
+
+#include "InterfaceConfig.h"
+#include "TextRenderer.h"
+
+// the width/height of the cached glyph textures
+const int IMAGE_SIZE = 256;
+
+Glyph::Glyph(int textureID, const QPoint& location, const QRect& bounds, int width) :
+    _textureID(textureID), _location(location), _bounds(bounds), _width(width) {
+}
+
+TextRenderer::TextRenderer(const char* family, int pointSize, int weight, bool italic)
+        : _font(family, pointSize, weight, italic),
+          _metrics(_font), _x(IMAGE_SIZE), _y(IMAGE_SIZE), _rowHeight(0) {
+    _font.setKerning(false);
+}
+
+TextRenderer::~TextRenderer() {
+    glDeleteTextures(_allTextureIDs.size(), _allTextureIDs.constData());
+}
+
+void TextRenderer::draw(int x, int y, const char* str) {
+
+    glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);    
+    
+    for (const char* ch = str; *ch != 0; ch++) {
+        const Glyph& glyph = getGlyph(*ch);
+        if (glyph.textureID() == 0) {
+            x += glyph.width();
+            continue;
+        }
+        
+        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, glyph.textureID());
+        
+        int left = x + glyph.bounds().x();
+        int right = x + glyph.bounds().x() + glyph.bounds().width();
+        int bottom = y + glyph.bounds().y();
+        int top = y + glyph.bounds().y() + glyph.bounds().height();
+        
+        float scale = 1.0 / IMAGE_SIZE;
+        float ls = glyph.location().x() * scale;
+        float rs = (glyph.location().x() + glyph.bounds().width()) * scale;
+        float bt = glyph.location().y() * scale;
+        float tt = (glyph.location().y() + glyph.bounds().height()) * scale;
+        
+        glBegin(GL_QUADS);
+        glTexCoord2f(ls, bt);
+        glVertex2f(left, bottom);
+        glTexCoord2f(rs, bt);
+        glVertex2f(right, bottom);
+        glTexCoord2f(rs, tt);
+        glVertex2f(right, top);
+        glTexCoord2f(ls, tt);
+        glVertex2f(left, top);
+        glEnd();
+        
+        x += glyph.width();
+    }
+    
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+    glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+}
+
+int TextRenderer::computeWidth(char ch)
+{
+    return getGlyph(ch).width();
+}
+
+int TextRenderer::computeWidth(const char* str)
+{
+    int width = 0;
+    for (const char* ch = str; *ch != 0; ch++) {
+        width += computeWidth(*ch);
+    }
+    return width;
+}
+
+const Glyph& TextRenderer::getGlyph(char c) {
+    Glyph& glyph = _glyphs[c];
+    if (glyph.isValid()) {
+        return glyph;
+    }
+    // we use 'J' as a representative size for the solid block character
+    QChar ch = (c == SOLID_BLOCK_CHAR) ? QChar('J') : QChar(c);
+    QRect bounds = _metrics.boundingRect(ch);
+    if (bounds.isEmpty()) {
+        glyph = Glyph(0, QPoint(), QRect(), _metrics.width(ch));
+        return glyph;
+    }
+    // grow the bounds to account for antialiasing
+    bounds.adjust(-1, -1, 1, 1);
+    
+    if (_x + bounds.width() > IMAGE_SIZE) {
+        // we can't fit it on the current row; move to next
+        _y += _rowHeight;
+        _x = _rowHeight = 0;
+    }
+    if (_y + bounds.height() > IMAGE_SIZE) {
+        // can't fit it on current texture; make a new one
+        glGenTextures(1, &_currentTextureID);
+        _x = _y = _rowHeight = 0;
+        
+        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, _currentTextureID);
+        glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, IMAGE_SIZE, IMAGE_SIZE, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 0);
+        glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+        glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+        _allTextureIDs.append(_currentTextureID);
+           
+    } else {
+        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, _currentTextureID);
+    }
+    // render the glyph into an image and copy it into the texture
+    QImage image(bounds.width(), bounds.height(), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
+    if (c == SOLID_BLOCK_CHAR) {
+        image.fill(QColor(255, 255, 255));
+    
+    } else {
+        image.fill(0);
+        QPainter painter(&image);
+        painter.setFont(_font);
+        painter.setPen(QColor(255, 255, 255));
+        painter.drawText(-bounds.x(), -bounds.y(), ch);
+    }    
+    glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, _x, _y, bounds.width(), bounds.height(), GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, image.constBits());
+       
+    glyph = Glyph(_currentTextureID, QPoint(_x, _y), bounds, _metrics.width(ch));
+    _x += bounds.width();
+    _rowHeight = qMax(_rowHeight, bounds.height());
+    
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+    return glyph;
+}

interface/src/ui/TextRenderer.h

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+//
+//  TextRenderer.h
+//  interface
+//
+//  Created by Andrzej Kapolka on 4/26/13.
+//  Copyright (c) 2013 High Fidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#ifndef __interface__TextRenderer__
+#define __interface__TextRenderer__
+
+#include <QFont>
+#include <QFontMetrics>
+#include <QHash>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QVector>
+
+// a special "character" that renders as a solid block
+const char SOLID_BLOCK_CHAR = 127;
+
+class Glyph;
+
+class TextRenderer {
+public:
+
+    TextRenderer(const char* family, int pointSize = -1, int weight = -1, bool italic = false);
+    ~TextRenderer();
+
+    const QFontMetrics& metrics() const { return _metrics; }
+
+    void draw(int x, int y, const char* str);
+    
+    int computeWidth(char ch);
+    int computeWidth(const char* str);
+    
+private:
+
+    const Glyph& getGlyph (char c);
+
+    // the font to render
+    QFont _font;
+    
+    // the font metrics
+    QFontMetrics _metrics;
+    
+    // maps characters to cached glyph info
+    QHash<char, Glyph> _glyphs;
+    
+    // the id of the glyph texture to which we're currently writing
+    GLuint _currentTextureID;
+    
+    // the position within the current glyph texture
+    int _x, _y;
+    
+    // the height of the current row of characters
+    int _rowHeight;
+    
+    // the list of all texture ids for which we're responsible
+    QVector<GLuint> _allTextureIDs;
+};
+
+class Glyph {
+public:
+    
+    Glyph(int textureID = 0, const QPoint& location = QPoint(), const QRect& bounds = QRect(), int width = 0);
+    
+    GLuint textureID() const { return _textureID; }
+    const QPoint& location () const { return _location; }
+    const QRect& bounds() const { return _bounds; }
+    int width () const { return _width; }
+    
+    bool isValid() { return _width != 0; }
+    
+private:
+    
+    // the id of the OpenGL texture containing the glyph
+    GLuint _textureID;
+    
+    // the location of the character within the texture
+    QPoint _location;
+    
+    // the bounds of the character
+    QRect _bounds;
+    
+    // the width of the character (distance to next, as opposed to bounds width)
+    int _width;
+};
+
+#endif /* defined(__interface__TextRenderer__) */