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Using GTK/GDK to get Pango-rendered pixels


I'm trying to get a bitmap rendered by Pango with a given character, in this case the letter "T". I thought this should work, but it just prints out garbage..

In this code, gtk_window is already initialized as a GTK window.

int width, height;
PangoLayout *layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(gtk_window, "T");
PangoFontDescription *fontdesc = pango_font_description_from_string("Terminus 12");
pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, fontdesc);
pango_layout_get_pixel_size (layout, &width, &height);

GdkPixmap *temp_pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, width, height, 24) ;
GdkGC *gc = gdk_gc_new(temp_pixmap);
gdk_draw_layout( temp_pixmap, gc, 0, 0, layout) ;

GdkColormap *cmap = gdk_colormap_get_system() ;
GdkPixbuf *temp_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable(NULL, temp_pixmap,
                                       cmap, 0, 0, 0, 0, width, height);

int n_channels = gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels (temp_pixbuf);
int rowstride = gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride(temp_pixbuf);
guchar *pixels = gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels(temp_pixbuf);

int i,j;
for (j=0; j<height; j++) {
    for (i=0; i<(width*n_channels); i++) {
        printf("%02x ",
               *(pixels + i + j*rowstride));
    }
    printf("\n");
}

The output is different every time, but an example:

dd 24 f8 dd 24 f8 8f 28 28 8f 28 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
ef 14 ce 00 00 00 d0 00 20 00 00 00 ef 02 02 d0 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00 00 00 00 00 ef 02 02 00 03 40 00 00 b9 00 00 c8 
00 00 01 00 00 07 00 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 d0 00 00 c8 
00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 
00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 12 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 7a 4e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ff ff ff ff ff ff 
ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 

Which looks nothing like the letter "T"!

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!


Solution

  • Okay, I figured it out. I needed to set the colors correctly, and clear the area before drawing using gdk_draw_rectangle:

    PangoLayout *layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(me->gtk_window, "T");
    int width, height;
    PangoFontDescription *fontdesc = pango_font_description_from_string("Sans 10");
    pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, fontdesc);
    pango_layout_get_pixel_size (layout, &width, &height);
    
    GdkPixmap *temp_pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, width, height, 24);
    GdkGC *gc = gdk_gc_new(temp_pixmap);
    
    GdkColor white = {0,0xFF00,0xFF00,0xFF00};
    GdkColor black = {0,0,0,0};
    
    GdkColormap *cmap = gdk_gc_get_colormap(gc);
    
    gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color(gc, &black);
    gdk_gc_set_rgb_bg_color(gc, &white);
    gdk_draw_rectangle(temp_pixmap, gc, TRUE, 0, 0, width, height);
    
    gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color(gc, &white);
    gdk_gc_set_rgb_bg_color(gc, &black);
    gdk_draw_layout(temp_pixmap, gc, 0, 0, layout);
    
    GdkPixbuf *temp_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable(NULL, temp_pixmap,
                                            cmap, 0, 0, 0, 0, width, height);
    
    int n_channels = gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels (temp_pixbuf);
    int rowstride = gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride(temp_pixbuf);
    guchar *pixels = gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels(temp_pixbuf);
    
    int i,j;
    for (j=0; j<height; j++) {
        for (i=0; i<(width*n_channels); i++) {
            printf("%02x ",
                   *(pixels + i + j*rowstride));
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
    

    gives me:

    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    c5 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff e3 
    25 30 33 33 33 33 33 33 3d 68 ba f6 ff d8 86 4a 35 33 33 33 33 33 31 2a 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 41 a7 f1 fe cc 66 1c 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00