/*****************************************************************************
 * generic_font.hpp
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2003 VideoLAN
 * $Id: generic_font.hpp,v 1.1 2004/01/03 23:31:33 asmax Exp $
 *
 * Authors: Cyril Deguet     <asmax@via.ecp.fr>
 *          Olivier Teulière <ipkiss@via.ecp.fr>
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#ifndef GENERIC_FONT_HPP
#define GENERIC_FONT_HPP

#include "skin_common.hpp"
#include "../utils/pointer.hpp"

class GenericBitmap;
class UString;

/// Base class for fonts
class GenericFont: public SkinObject
{
    public:
        virtual ~GenericFont() {}

        virtual bool init() = 0;

        /// Render a string on a bitmap.
        /// If maxWidth != -1, the text is truncated with '...'
        /// rAscent is filled with the maximum ascent of the glyphs in
        /// the string (for explanations, see:
        /// http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html)
        virtual GenericBitmap *drawString( const UString &rString,
            uint32_t color, int maxWidth = -1 ) const = 0;


        /// Get the font size
        virtual int getSize() const = 0;

    protected:
        GenericFont( intf_thread_t *pIntf ): SkinObject( pIntf ) {}
};

typedef CountedPtr<GenericFont> GenericFontPtr;


#endif
