SOLVED Create BaseBitmap() from Text?

Hi,

Is it possible to create bitmap from text?
Currently, I use separate thumbnail/image files to be use as bitmap but they are relatively simple
that perhaps I can do them at run time in C4D.

You can see what I am after in this image:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2saczuy5ah5jnf/c4d208_create_text_as_bitmap.jpg?dl=0

The use case for this is a toggle button for HIDE/UNHIDE visibility control. The Green means hide and the Red means unhide. I already have the toggle functionality implemented, its only the BaseBitmap() from Text portion.

Thank you

This is a bit tricky since Font are not so well organized.

So the best way I found is

def GetSegoeUiBoldFont():
    bcFonts = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap.EnumerateFonts(c4d.GE_CM_FONTSORT_HIERARCHICAL)
    for familyId, familyBc  in bcFonts:
        for fontDescriptionId, fontDescription in familyBc:
            if fontDescription[508] == "SegoeUI-Bold":
                return fontDescription

And if you want another font, simply print the content of fontDescription and see which one may fit the best for you.

Cheers,
Maxime.

Hi @bentraje

this can be achieved with the c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap and GeClipMap.TextAt.
There is an example of GeClipMap in geclipmap_fill_color_bitmap_r18.py.

Or you can Create a GeUserArea that will display your BaseBitmap GeUserArea.DrawBitmap and then call GeUserArea.DrawText
The use of GeUserArea is preferred since it's faster than using a GeClipMap. But you can't retrieve a BaseBitmap from your GeUserArea drawing result, so it's up to you do decide which one fits the best for your use case.

Cheers,
Maxime.

@m_adam

Thanks for the response. I was able to draw a text with a colored background.
Just hit a snag on this portion.
GeClipMap.SetFont(font_description, font_size)

I'm assuming the font description is the font name and font type.
How do I set it to Segoe UI with Bold style?

This is a bit tricky since Font are not so well organized.

So the best way I found is

def GetSegoeUiBoldFont():
    bcFonts = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap.EnumerateFonts(c4d.GE_CM_FONTSORT_HIERARCHICAL)
    for familyId, familyBc  in bcFonts:
        for fontDescriptionId, fontDescription in familyBc:
            if fontDescription[508] == "SegoeUI-Bold":
                return fontDescription

And if you want another font, simply print the content of fontDescription and see which one may fit the best for you.

Cheers,
Maxime.

@m_adam

Thanks for the response. For some reason, the return value is not accepted by the SetFont. It does not error out. It just uses the default font.

In addition, how were you able to determine that the [508] is for the font name? I can't seem to see such reference in the documentation.

You can check the working code here:

import c4d
from c4d import gui
# Welcome to the world of Python



def GetSegoeUiBoldFont():
    bcFonts = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap.EnumerateFonts(c4d.GE_CM_FONTSORT_HIERARCHICAL)
    for familyId, familyBc  in bcFonts:
        for fontDescriptionId, fontDescription in familyBc:
            if fontDescription[508] == "SegoeUI-Bold":
                return fontDescription
                print fontDescription

def main():
    w = 50
    h = 50
    image_with_text = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap()
    image_with_text.Init(w=w,h=h,bits=32)

    image_with_text.BeginDraw()

    image_with_text.SetColor(125,255,255)
    image_with_text.FillRect(x1=0,y1=0,x2=50,y2=50)

    image_with_text.SetColor(0,0,0)
    font_bc = GetSegoeUiBoldFont()
    print font_bc
    font_size = 15
    image_with_text.SetFont(font_bc,font_size)
    image_with_text.TextAt(x=10,y=15,txt='head')

    image_with_text.EndDraw()
    bmp = image_with_text.GetBitmap()
    c4d.bitmaps.ShowBitmap(bmp)


# Execute main()
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()