unifont {hexfont}

Load GNU Unifont font

Description

The function unifont() loads in several GNU Unifont hex files as a single bittermelon::bm_font() object.

Usage

unifont(upper = TRUE, jp = FALSE, csur = TRUE, sample = FALSE, ucp = NULL)

Arguments

upper

Include glyphs above the Unicode Basic Multilingual plane.

jp

Use Japanese version of Chinese characters.

csur

Include (Under-)Conscript Unicode Registry glyphs.

sample

Add circle to "Combining" characters.

ucp

Character vector of Unicode Code Points: glyphs not in this vector won't be read in. If NULL (default) read every glyph in the font.

Value

A bittermelon::bm_font() object.

Examples

# Much faster to load only the subset of GNU Unifont one needs
# Mandarin Chinese
if (require("bittermelon")) {
  s <- "\uff32\u5f88\u68d2\uff01"
  font <- unifont(ucp = str2ucp(s))
  bm <- as_bm_bitmap(s, font = font)
  print(bm, px = px_ascii)
}

# Emoji
if (require("bittermelon")) {
  s <- "\U0001f42d\U0001f432\U0001f435"
  font <- unifont(ucp = str2ucp(s))
  bm <- as_bm_bitmap(s, font = font)
  print(bm, px = px_ascii)
}