wx_bgi_graphics now ships with two text-rendering paths:

Classic stroke fonts for the historic BGI ids:
- DEFAULT_FONT
- TRIPLEX_FONT
- SMALL_FONT
- SANS_SERIF_FONT
- GOTHIC_FONT
Embedded outline fonts compiled into the shared library:
- MODERN_ROBOTO_FONT
- MODERN_PLAYFAIR_DISPLAY_FONT
- MODERN_HANDJET_FONT

Selecting Fonts

Classic BGI code can use the new embedded families directly through settextstyle():

settextstyle(MODERN_ROBOTO_FONT, HORIZ_DIR, 2);

outtextxy(20, 20, const_cast<char*>("Roboto sample"));

outtextxy

BGI_API void BGI_CALL outtextxy(int x, int y, char *textstring)

Renders text at explicit x/y coordinates.

settextstyle

BGI_API void BGI_CALL settextstyle(int font, int direction, int charsize)

Sets text font family, direction, and character size.

If you prefer name lookup instead of hardcoded ids:

int roboto = wxbgi_font_id("Roboto");

settextstyle(roboto, HORIZ_DIR, 2);

wxbgi_font_id

BGI_API int BGI_CALL wxbgi_font_id(const char *name)

Resolves a built-in font name to its font id.

The classic compatibility hook installuserfont() now also resolves bundled font names:

int playfair = installuserfont(const_cast<char*>("Playfair Display"));

settextstyle(playfair, HORIZ_DIR, 2);

installuserfont

BGI_API int BGI_CALL installuserfont(char *name)

Compatibility hook for installing a user font.

Related helpers in wx_bgi_ext.h:

wxbgi_font_count()
wxbgi_font_name(fontId)
wxbgi_font_id(name)

Text Encoding

Text input is now decoded as UTF-8 when possible, with single-byte fallback for legacy callers. That means strings such as Résumé, ÁÉÍÓÚ, äöü, ñ, ç, æ, ø, þ, and ß render correctly in the embedded Google fonts and in the extended classic stroke-font path.

Embedded Google Fonts and OFL Notices

Roboto, Playfair Display, and Handjet are embedded into the shared library at build time from the upstream font binaries stored under:

third_party/fonts/roboto/
third_party/fonts/playfairdisplay/
third_party/fonts/handjet/

Their SIL Open Font License notices are kept in the matching OFL.txt files in those directories. The font binaries are compiled into the library; they are not installed as separate runtime font files by this project.

Demo Program

The repository includes a font showcase example that displays the classic and embedded font families and exits automatically after 10 seconds:

# Windows
build\Debug\wxbgi_fonts_demo_cpp.exe
 
# Linux / macOS
build/wxbgi_fonts_demo_cpp

Use --test for the short automated path used during development:

build\Debug\wxbgi_fonts_demo_cpp.exe --test