Custom Font - fill the m_CharacterRects vector - assign texture char position to it.

Greetings,

It's been a whole week now since I'm trying to import full optimized custom font inside Unity. As we know, the current editor doesn't allow non-grid custom font to be imported. However, we can use reflection to get properties of the custom font file. So, I want to be able to use my texture which contains my custom characters.

I've assigned each of my char inside the m_CharacterRects vector but I still don't know how to make it work. Maybe someone has an idea ?

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.         Debug.Log("Load optimized Font.");
3.     AssetDatabase.CopyAsset("Assets/Resources/Fonts/Template.fontsettings", "Assets/Resources/Fonts/OptimizedFont.fontsettings");
4.     AssetDatabase.Refresh();
5.     Font customFont = (Font)AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath("Assets/Resources/Fonts/OptimizedFont.fontsettings", typeof(Font));
6.     SerializedObject serializedFont = new SerializedObject(customFont);
7.    
8.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_Kerning").floatValue = 1;
9.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_LineSpacing").floatValue = 1;
10.  
11.     //Load the current texture in a temp one in order to use Texture2D.GetPixels
12.     Texture2D myTexture = new Texture2D(1,1);
13.        
14.     Debug.Log("Load the texture");
15.     byte[] buffer = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("Assets/Resources/Fonts/OptimizedFont.png");
16.     myTexture.LoadImage(buffer);
17.        
18.     //Custom Class that fill the properties I need in order to fill the CharacterRects
19.         CustomTexture myTextureInfo = new CustomTexture( buffer );
20.    
21.     FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_GridFont").boolValue = false;
22.     FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.size").intValue = myTextureInfo.glyphs.count();
23.    
24.         //A Glyph is my custom class to represent character position in the texture, glyphs is a list.
25.     foreach(Glyph g in myTextureInfo.glyphs)
26.     {
27.         int index = flightFont.glyphs.IndexOf(g);
28.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].uv.x").floatValue = g.x;
29.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].uv.y").floatValue = g.y;
30.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].uv.width").floatValue = g.width;
31.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].uv.height").floatValue = g.height;
32.            
33.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].vert.x").floatValue = g.x;
34.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].vert.y").floatValue = g.y;
35.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].vert.width").floatValue = g.width;
36.         FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_CharacterRects.Array.data[" + index + "].vert.height").floatValue = g.height;
37.     }
38.                
39.     Material mat = new Material(Shader.Find("CustomShader"));
40.     mat.mainTexture = myTexture;
41.     AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(mat, "Assets/Resources/Fonts/OptimizedFont_material.mat");
42.  
43.     FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_DefaultMaterial").objectReferenceValue = mat;
44.     FindProperty(serializedFont, "m_Texture").objectReferenceValue = myTexture;
45.        
46.     serializedFont.ApplyModifiedProperties();
47.     Debug.Log("Optimized import test done.");
48.  
49.         private SerializedProperty FindProperty (SerializedObject obj, string name)
50.     {
51.         return obj.FindProperty(name);
52.     }
53.  

The problem is even if I set the whole thing. When I create a 3D text and I select the proper texture and material, nothing is displayed. Of course, I prolly missed something.

I'm wondering what "uv" and "vert" means in the CharacterRects vector. Also in that vector, there is a "width" property, which is on the same depth as "uv" and "vert", and I'm wondering what is it purpose as well.

I'm still looking for a way to set the current ASCII char code of each character in the array. I haven't find anything to do so, yet.

Also, thanks for Rouhee and his Font Importer from which I get my inspiration fo mine.

 

Bump! I cannot believe there is no one who can help me with this...