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+++ b/OrthancStone/Sources/Toolbox/TextRenderer.h	Tue Jul 07 16:21:02 2020 +0200
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+/**
+ * Stone of Orthanc
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Images/Image.h>
+
+namespace OrthancStone
+{
+  // Helpers methods to render text in bitmaps.
+  // Compared to the GlyphBitmapAlphabet::RenderText, these methods do not need a
+  // code page.
+  class TextRenderer : public boost::noncopyable
+  {
+  public:
+    // simply renders text in GrayScale8 with a black background and a white text
+    static Orthanc::ImageAccessor* Render(const std::string& ttf,
+                                          unsigned int fontSize,
+                                          const std::string& utf8String);
+
+    // renders text in "color" with alpha in a RGBA32 image
+    static Orthanc::ImageAccessor* RenderWithAlpha(const std::string& ttf,
+                                                   unsigned int fontSize,
+                                                   const std::string& utf8String,
+                                                   uint8_t foreground);
+
+    //    // renders text in color + a border with alpha in a RGBA32 image
+    //    static Orthanc::ImageAccessor* RenderWithAlpha(const std::string& ttf,
+    //                                                   unsigned int fontSize,
+    //                                                   const std::string& utf8String,
+    //                                                   uint8_t foreground,
+    //                                                   uint8_t borderColor);
+  };
+}