--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+$file_input="font.pnm";
+$file_output="eutopiabold36.rle";
+$border=-1;
+$spaceborder=4;
+
+$|=1;
+
+open(INPUT,$file_input) || die "Couldn't open font: $!\n";
+
+$tag=<INPUT>; chop($tag);
+if($tag ne "P6")
+ { die "Couldn't process image: not a pnm file ($tag)"; }
+
+$comment=<INPUT>;
+
+$dimensions=<INPUT>; chop($dimensions);
+
+if($dimensions =~ /(\d+) (\d+)/)
+ { $width=$1; $height=$2; }
+else
+ { die "Couldn't process image: couldn't get dimensions"; }
+
+$bits=<INPUT>;
+
+print "width $width height $height\n";
+
+for($j=0; $j<$height; $j++)
+ { for($i=0; $i<$width; $i++)
+ {
+ $red[$i][$j]=ord(getc(INPUT));
+ $green[$i][$j]=ord(getc(INPUT));
+ $blue[$i][$j]=ord(getc(INPUT));
+ }
+ print ".";
+ }
+
+print "\n";
+
+close(INPUT);
+
+open(OUTPUT,">".$file_output) || die "Couldn't open output: $!\n";
+
+# Put header
+print OUTPUT pack("C2",0x36,0x05);
+
+# Put font height
+print OUTPUT pack("C",$height);
+
+$xstart=0;
+
+# Search for space
+
+$xstart=2;
+$x=$xstart; $blank=0;
+while($x<$width && !$blank)
+ { $blank=1;
+ for($y=0; $y<$height; $y++)
+ { if($blue[$x][$y]!=255)
+ { $blank=0; }
+ }
+ if(!$blank)
+ { $x++; }
+ }
+
+$xstart=$x;
+
+$x=$xstart; $blank=1;
+while($x<$width && $blank)
+ { $blank=1;
+ for($y=0; $y<$height; $y++)
+ { if($blue[$x][$y]!=255)
+ { $blank=0; }
+ }
+ if($blank)
+ { $x++; }
+ }
+$xend=$x;
+
+$spacewidth=$xend-$xstart+$spaceborder;
+$spacewidth=$spacewidth/2;
+if($spacewidth==0)
+ { $spacewidth=1; }
+
+print "space start=$xstart end=$xend -> width=$spacewidth\n\n";
+
+# Put space character code
+print OUTPUT pack("C",32);
+
+# Put space width
+print OUTPUT pack("C",$spacewidth);
+
+# Put space RLE data
+for($y=0;$y<$height;$y++)
+ { print OUTPUT pack("C",1);
+ print OUTPUT pack("C",0);
+ print OUTPUT pack("C",$spacewidth);
+ }
+
+$char=33;
+
+while($xstart<$width)
+ {
+ print "looking for character $char \"".chr($char)."\"\n";
+
+ $x=$xstart; $blank=1;
+ while($x<$width && $blank)
+ { $blank=1;
+ for($y=0; $y<$height; $y++)
+ { if($blue[$x][$y]!=255)
+ { $blank=0; }
+ }
+ if($blank)
+ { $x++; }
+ }
+ $xstart=$x;
+
+ $x=$xstart; $blank=0;
+ while($x<$width && !$blank)
+ { $blank=1;
+ for($y=0; $y<$height; $y++)
+ { if($blue[$x][$y]!=255)
+ { $blank=0; }
+ }
+ if(!$blank)
+ { $x++; }
+ }
+ $xend=$x;
+ print "start=$xstart end=$xend\n";
+
+ $dstart=$xstart-$border;
+ if($dstart < 0)
+ { $dstart = 0; }
+ $dend=$xend+$border;
+ if($dend > $width)
+ { $dend = $width; }
+
+ # Put character
+ print OUTPUT pack("C",$char);
+
+ # Put character width
+ print OUTPUT pack("C",$dend-$dstart);
+
+ for($y=0; $y<$height; $y++)
+ { $linecode=""; $bytecode=""; $lastcolour=-1; $count=0;
+ for($x=$dstart; $x<$dend; $x++)
+ {
+ # Transparent background
+ $c=":"; $colour=0;
+
+ # Anti-aliased foreground
+ if($blue[$x][$y]<255 && $red[$x][$y]>0)
+ { $c="+"; $colour=1; }
+
+ # Solid foreground
+ if($blue[$x][$y]==255 && $red[$x][$y]==255 )
+ { $c="#"; $colour=2; }
+
+ # Anti-aliased shadow (same as shadow)
+ if($blue[$x][$y]<255 && $red[$x][$y]==0)
+ { $c="."; $colour=3; }
+
+ # Solid shadow
+ if($blue[$x][$y]==0 && $red[$x][$y]==0)
+ { $c=" "; $colour=3; }
+
+ print $c;
+
+ if($colour != $lastcolour)
+ {
+ if($lastcolour!=-1)
+ { $linecode.=" $lastcolour,$count";
+ $bytecode.=pack("C2",$lastcolour,$count);
+ }
+ $lastcolour=$colour; $count=1;
+ }
+ else
+ { $count++; }
+ }
+ if($lastcolour!=-1)
+ { $linecode.=" $lastcolour,$count";
+ $bytecode.=pack("C2",$lastcolour,$count);
+ }
+ print " [$linecode]\n";
+
+ # Put length of RLE line
+ print OUTPUT pack("C*",length($bytecode)/2);
+
+ # Put RLE line
+ print OUTPUT $bytecode;
+
+ }
+
+ print "\n";
+
+ $xstart=$xend+1;
+ $char++;
+ }
+
+print OUTPUT pack("C",255);
+
+print "Done!\n";
+
+close(OUTPUT);
--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use Gimp ":auto";
+use Gimp::Fu;
+
+sub vlc_subtitler_font
+{
+
+ $shadowcolour=[0,0,0];
+ $textcolour=[255,255,255];
+ $backcolour=[0,0,255];
+ $font="-*-utopia-bold-r-*-*-21-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
+ $border=3;
+ $alias=1;
+
+ $text="_ ";
+ for($i=33; $i<127; $i++)
+ { $text.=chr($i); $text.=" "; }
+
+ # Create a new image of an arbitrary size with
+ $img = gimp_image_new(100, 100, RGB);
+
+ # Create a new layer for the background of arbitrary size, and
+ # add it to the image
+ my $background = gimp_layer_new($img, 100, 100,
+ RGB, "Background", 100,
+ NORMAL_MODE);
+ gimp_image_add_layer($background, 1);
+
+ # Choose color of text
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($textcolour);
+
+ # Create the text layer. Using -1 as the drawable creates a new layer.
+ my $text_layer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+
+ # Get size of the text drawable and resize the image and the
+ # background layer to this size.
+ my($width, $height) = ($text_layer->width, $text_layer->height);
+ gimp_image_resize($img, $width, $height, 0, 0);
+ gimp_layer_resize($background, $width, $height, 0, 0);
+
+ gimp_layer_delete($text_layer);
+
+ # Fill the background layer now when it has the right size.
+ gimp_palette_set_background($backcolour);
+ gimp_edit_fill($background, BG_IMAGE_FILL);
+
+ my $shadowlayer, $textlayer;
+
+ # Plot eight shadow copies of the text
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, -2, 0);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, 2, 0);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, 0, -2);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, 0, 2);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, -1, -1);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, -1, 1);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, 1, -1);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($shadowcolour);
+ $shadowlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_layer_translate($shadowlayer, 1, 1);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ # Plot the text itself
+ gimp_palette_set_foreground($textcolour);
+ $textlayer = gimp_text_fontname($img, -1, 0, 0, $text,
+ $border, $alias,
+ xlfd_size($font), $font);
+ gimp_image_flatten($img);
+
+ return $img;
+}
+
+# register the script
+register "vlc_subtitler_font",
+ "vlc subtitler font",
+ "vlc subtitler font",
+ "Andrew Flintham",
+ "Andrew Flintham",
+ "2002-06-18",
+ "<Toolbox>/Xtns/Perl-Fu/VLC Subtitles Font",
+ "*",
+ [],
+ \&vlc_subtitler_font;
+
+# Handle over control to gimp
+exit main();