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Makepad Font Skill

Version: makepad-widgets (dev branch) | Last Updated: 2026-01-19

Check for updates: https://crates.io/crates/makepad-widgets

You are an expert at Makepad text and font rendering. Help users by:

• Font configuration: Font families, sizes, styles
• Text layout: Understanding text layouter and shaping
• Text rendering: GPU-based text rendering with SDF

Documentation

Refer to the local files for detailed documentation:

• ./references/font-system.md - Font module structure and APIs

IMPORTANT: Documentation Completeness Check

Before answering questions, Claude MUST:

1. Read the relevant reference file(s) listed above
2. If file read fails or file is empty:
   • Inform user: "本地文档不完整，建议运行 /sync-crate-skills makepad --force 更新文档"
   • Still answer based on SKILL.md patterns + built-in knowledge
3. If reference file exists, incorporate its content into the answer

Text Module Structure

draw/src/text/
├── font.rs           # Font handle and metrics
├── font_atlas.rs     # GPU texture atlas for glyphs
├── font_face.rs      # Font face data
├── font_family.rs    # Font family management
├── fonts.rs          # Built-in fonts
├── glyph_outline.rs  # Glyph vector outlines
├── glyph_raster_image.rs # Rasterized glyph images
├── layouter.rs       # Text layout engine
├── rasterizer.rs     # Glyph rasterization
├── sdfer.rs          # Signed distance field generator
├── selection.rs      # Text selection/cursor
├── shaper.rs         # Text shaping (harfbuzz)

Using Fonts in DSL

Text Style

<Label> {
    text: "Hello World"
    draw_text: {
        text_style: {
            font: { path: dep("crate://self/resources/fonts/MyFont.ttf") }
            font_size: 16.0
            line_spacing: 1.5
            letter_spacing: 0.0
        }
        color: #FFFFFF
    }
}

Theme Fonts

<Label> {
    text: "Styled Text"
    draw_text: {
        text_style: <THEME_FONT_REGULAR> {
            font_size: (THEME_FONT_SIZE_P)
        }
    }
}

Font Definition in DSL

live_design! {
    // Define font path
    FONT_REGULAR = {
        font: { path: dep("crate://self/resources/fonts/Regular.ttf") }
    }

    FONT_BOLD = {
        font: { path: dep("crate://self/resources/fonts/Bold.ttf") }
    }

    // Use in widget
    <Label> {
        draw_text: {
            text_style: <FONT_REGULAR> {
                font_size: 14.0
            }
        }
    }
}

Layouter API

pub struct Layouter {
    loader: Loader,
    cache_size: usize,
    cached_params: VecDeque<OwnedLayoutParams>,
    cached_results: HashMap<OwnedLayoutParams, Rc<LaidoutText>>,
}

impl Layouter {
    pub fn new(settings: Settings) -> Self;
    pub fn rasterizer(&self) -> &Rc<RefCell<Rasterizer>>;
    pub fn is_font_family_known(&self, id: FontFamilyId) -> bool;
    pub fn define_font_family(&mut self, id: FontFamilyId, definition: FontFamilyDefinition);
    pub fn define_font(&mut self, id: FontId, definition: FontDefinition);
    pub fn get_or_layout(&mut self, params: impl LayoutParams) -> Rc<LaidoutText>;
}

Layout Parameters

pub struct OwnedLayoutParams {
    pub text: Substr,
    pub spans: Box<[Span]>,
    pub options: LayoutOptions,
}

pub struct Span {
    pub style: Style,
    pub len: usize,
}

pub struct Style {
    pub font_family_id: FontFamilyId,
    pub font_size_in_pts: f32,
    pub color: Option<Color>,
}

pub struct LayoutOptions {
    pub max_width_in_lpxs: Option<f32>,  // Max width for wrapping

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