draw Layer letters on xy-baseline (no kerning)

src/Layer.cpp

@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ void MsdfLayer::draw(glm::vec3 position) const {
     shader->end();
 
     ofPushMatrix();
-    atlas->getAtlasImage().draw(0, 0);
+    ofTranslate(position);
+    ofPushStyle();
+    ofSetColor(ofColor::pink);
+    ofDrawLine(glm::vec2(0, 0), glm::vec2(ofGetWidth(), 0));
+    ofPopStyle();
+    //atlas->getAtlasImage().draw(0, 0);
     //cout << "drawing letters (" << ofToString(propsBuffer.size()) << ")" << endl;
+    char previous_c;
+    bool firstLetter = true;
     for(const char c : propsBuffer[0].text){
         ofxMsdfgen::GlyphGeometry gg = atlas->getGlyphGeometry(c);
         int x, y, w, h;
@@ -51,16 +58,14 @@ void MsdfLayer::draw(glm::vec3 position) const {
             ofLogError("MsdfLayer::draw") << "y smaller 0, this is not good" << endl;
         }
         ofPushStyle();
-        ofNoFill();
-        ofSetColor(ofFloatColor(sin(ofGetElapsedTimeMicros() * 0.0001) * 0.5 + 0.5, 0, 0, 1));
         double pl, pb, pr, pt,
                il, ib, ir, it;
         gg.getQuadPlaneBounds(pl, pb, pr, pt);
         gg.getQuadAtlasBounds(il, ib, ir, it);
 
         ofPushMatrix();
-        float magic = ofMap(sin(ofGetElapsedTimeMicros() * 0.000001), -1, 1, 1, 1000);
+        float magic = ofMap(sin(ofGetElapsedTimeMicros() * 0.000001), -1, 1, 1, 200);
-        ofTranslate(pl * magic, pt * magic, 0);
+        magic = atlas->settings.scale;
         //if(ofGetFrameNum() % 30 == 0){
         //cout << "drawing letter " << c << endl
         //<< "\tpl: " << ofToString(pl)
@@ -70,14 +75,57 @@ void MsdfLayer::draw(glm::vec3 position) const {
         //<< endl;
         //}
 
-        ofFill();
+        ofPushMatrix();
+        for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
+            if(i == 1){
+                ofRotateDeg(90);
+                ofTranslate(200, -150, 0);
+            }
+            ofNoFill();
+            ofSetColor(ofColor::white);
+            ofDrawLine(glm::vec2(0, 90), glm::vec2(0, 140));
+            ofSetColor(ofColor::lightGray);
+            for(int i = 1; i < 3; i++){
+                ofDrawLine(glm::vec2(i * 20, 90), glm::vec2(i * 20, 140));
+            }
+            ofFill();
+            if(i == 0){
+                ofSetColor(ofColor::red);
+                ofDrawRectangle(0, 100, pl * 50, 10);
+                ofSetColor(ofColor::lightBlue);
+                ofDrawRectangle(0, 120, pr * 50, 10);
+            }else{
+                ofSetColor(ofColor::green);
+                ofDrawRectangle(0, 110, pb * 50, 10);
+                ofSetColor(ofColor::yellow);
+                ofDrawRectangle(0, 130, pt * 50, 10);
+            }
+        }
+        ofPopMatrix();
         shader->begin();
         ofSetColor(ofFloatColor(1, 1, 1, 1));
+        ofTranslate(-1 * pl * magic, -1 * pt * magic, 0);
+        //msdf_atlas::unicode_t a = previous_c;
+        //msdf_atlas::unicode_t b = c;
+        //if(!firstLetter){
+        //double advance;
+        //cout << "this is being printed" << endl;
+        //atlas->getFontGeometry();
+        //cout << "this is maybeh being printed" << endl;
+        //bool gotAdvance = atlas->getFontGeometry().getAdvance(advance, a, b);
+        //cout << "this is being not printed" << endl;
+        //if(gotAdvance){
+        ////ofTranslate(advance * magic, 0, 0);
+        //}
+        //}else{
+        //firstLetter = false;
+        //}
         atlasImage.drawSubsection(0, 0, w, h, x, y, w, h);
         shader->end();
         ofPopMatrix();
         ofPopStyle();
-        ofTranslate(w, 0, 0);
+        ofTranslate(pr * magic, 0, 0);
+        previous_c = c;
     }
     ofPopMatrix();
     //atlasImage.draw(x, y);

src/Layer.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Layer {
             bool mirror_y = false;
             float mirror_y_distance = 0;
             float letterDelay = 0;
-            string text = "toast";
+            string text = "quickmonkeythedogASYAHELLO";
         };
         struct Settings {
             uint32_t maxBufferSize = 100;

src/LayerComposition.cpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace ofxVariableLab {
 void LayerComposition::setup(){
     ofxMsdfgen::AtlasSettings settings;
     //settings.characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKL";
-    settings.scale = 64;
+    settings.scale = 256;
     //string fontName = "RobotoFlex.ttf";
     //string fontPath = "data/fonts/" + fontName;
     //string fontPath = "data/celines-fonts/testing2VF.ttf";
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void LayerComposition::update(){
 
 void LayerComposition::draw() const {
     for(const auto & layer : layers){
-        layer->draw();
+        layer->draw(glm::vec3(0, 200, 0));
     }
 }