PROF("Build")
const char* l_pChar = pText;
char l_Char = (*l_pChar);
float U = 1.0f / (float)l_pFont->m_Columns;
float V = 1.0f / (float)l_pFont->m_Rows;
size_t x = 0;
size_t y = 0;
size_t i = 0;
while(l_Char != '\0')
{
if(l_Char == '\n')
{ ++y; x = 0; l_Char = *(++l_pChar); continue;}
int R = (*l_pChar) / l_pFont->m_Rows;
int C = (*l_pChar) % l_pFont->m_Columns;
// Set up UV coordinates
l_Buffer[0 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT((-1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), ( 1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U), (R * V) );
l_Buffer[1 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT(( 1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), ( 1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U) + U, (R * V) );
l_Buffer[2 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT(( 1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), (-1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U) + U, (R * V) + V );
l_Buffer[3 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT((-1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), ( 1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U), (R * V) );
l_Buffer[4 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT(( 1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), (-1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U) + U, (R * V) + V );
l_Buffer[5 + (i * 6)] = VertexPT((-1.0f + l_pFont->m_Padding * (2*x)), (-1.0f - (2*y)), 0.0f, (C * U), (R * V) + V );
++i;
l_Char = *(++l_pChar);
++x;
}
ENDPROF
PROF("Map")
static VertexPT* l_pVBuffer = 0;
m_pVBuffer->Map(D3D10_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, (void**)&l_pVBuffer);
memcpy(l_pVBuffer, (void*)l_Buffer, sizeof(VertexPT) * 6 * strlen(pText));
m_pVBuffer->Unmap();
ENDPROF
PROF("Render")
static fsMatrix44 T,S;
T.Translation(Scale+Pos.x, -(Scale*AspectRatio)+Pos.y, 0.0f);
S.Scaling(Scale, Scale*AspectRatio, Scale);
g_pEngine->GetRenderer()->SetDepthStencilState(DEPTH_STENCIL_DISABLE_WRITE_AND_TEST);
g_pEngine->GetRenderer()->SetBlendState(BLEND_ALPHA_MUL);
m_pD3dDevice->IASetInputLayout(m_pInputLayout);
m_pD3dDevice->IASetPrimitiveTopology(D3D10_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLELIST);
m_pFXVarTex->AsShaderResource()->SetResource(l_pFont->m_pBitmapFontTexture->GetSRView());
m_pFXVarWVP->AsMatrix()->SetMatrix(S*T);
m_pFXVarColour->AsVector()->SetFloatVectorArray((float*)&Colour, 0, 4);
m_pFXTech->GetPassByIndex(0)->Apply(0);
UINT stride = sizeof(VertexPT);
UINT offset = 0;
m_pD3dDevice->IASetVertexBuffers(0, 1, &m_pVBuffer, &stride, &offset);
m_pD3dDevice->Draw(6*strlen(pText), 0);
g_pEngine->GetRenderer()->SetBlendState(BLEND_DEFAULT);
g_pEngine->GetRenderer()->SetDepthStencilState(DEPTH_STENCIL_DEFAULT);
ENDPROF
Efficient Font Rendering
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Im looking for a more effcient way for rendering fonts within my application (bitmaps). Ive been profiling some of my code and have found that the font rendering to be taking up a large sum of frame time, which I would like to reduce.
At the moment I have a dynamic vertex buffer which is enough to render 2000 characters to screen, which I edit each time text needs to be rendered, by changing the vertex positions and UV coordinates. This buffer is then rendered in a single draw call.
You can see this below
Other than to cache buffers, are there any more effient techniques? Hopefully something that doesnt require the updating of dynamic buffers each frame.
Without looking at the code ...
If your text is not too dynamic you can render the text to a seperate render target (read: texture) and display this texture on a single rectangle. This applies if you have lengthy texts of hundreds of characters that do not change from frame to frame but only every few seconds or so.
Just render the text a single time as you do now but to a texture. And from then on just display this texture.
But if you have to deal with very dynamic texts that you do not know and hence can't preprocess at all you have not much options at all. Then you can only try caching whole words if your text is based on a specific language.
If your text is not too dynamic you can render the text to a seperate render target (read: texture) and display this texture on a single rectangle. This applies if you have lengthy texts of hundreds of characters that do not change from frame to frame but only every few seconds or so.
Just render the text a single time as you do now but to a texture. And from then on just display this texture.
But if you have to deal with very dynamic texts that you do not know and hence can't preprocess at all you have not much options at all. Then you can only try caching whole words if your text is based on a specific language.
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