# font-map
## Font parser / enumerator with support for code generation
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This crate provides functionality for parsing font files and enumerating the glyphs they contain.
The base usecase for this crate is to create an enum of all the glyphs in a font file,
for use in fontend projects, where you want to refer to glyphs by name rather than by codepoint:
```rust
use font_map::font;
font!(Icon, "google_material_symbols/font.ttf");
const DELETE: Icon = Icon::Delete;
```
The generated code includes information for each glyph, such as:
- codepoint, and postfix-name
- Plus a generated SVG preview image visible on hover
You can also access `Icon::FONT_FAMILY` to simplify font usage in your frontend.
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Another use is to use it for introspection of font files:
```rust
use font_map::font::Font;
let font = Font::from_file("google_material_symbols/font.ttf")?;
if let Some(glyph) = font.glyph_named("delete") {
let codepoint = glyph.codepoint();
let svg = glyph.svg_preview();
}
```
## Features
- `macros` - Enables the `font!` macro for code generation
- `codegen` - Enables the `FontCodegenExt` trait for runtime code generation
- `extended-svg` - Enables compressed and base64 encoded SVG data in the generated code (Needed for image previews)
## Known Limitations
This crate was made for a very specific use-case, and as such currently has a few limitations:
- Only supports TTF fonts
- And even then, only a subset of the spec, namely:
- Only formats 0 and 4 of the `cmap` table
- Only Unicode, or MS encoding 1 and 10, and `Macintosh::0` of the `name` table
- Only formats 2.5 or below of the `post` table