svg2ttf/lib/ttf/tables/loca.js

Converts SVG font to TTF font

'use strict'

// See documentation here: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/loca.htm

var _ = require('lodash')
var ByteBuffer = require('microbuffer')

function tableSize (font, isShortFormat) {
  var result = (font.glyphs.length + 1) * (isShortFormat ? 2 : 4) // by glyph count + tail

  return result
}

function createLocaTable (font) {
  var isShortFormat = font.ttf_glyph_size < 0x20000

  var buf = new ByteBuffer(tableSize(font, isShortFormat))

  var location = 0

  // Array of offsets in GLYF table for each glyph
  _.forEach(font.glyphs, function (glyph) {
    if (isShortFormat) {
      buf.writeUint16(location)
      location += glyph.ttf_size / 2 // actual location must be divided to 2 in short format
    } else {
      buf.writeUint32(location)
      location += glyph.ttf_size // actual location is stored as is in long format
    }
  })

  // The last glyph location is stored to get last glyph length
  if (isShortFormat) {
    buf.writeUint16(location)
  } else {
    buf.writeUint32(location)
  }

  return buf
}

module.exports = createLocaTable