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+// The text2svg command converts a text string to a stroked SVG path
+// in a given TrueType v1 font.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/golang/freetype/truetype"
+	"golang.org/x/image/font"
+	"golang.org/x/image/math/fixed"
+)
+
+// flags
+var (
+	textFlag = flag.String("text", "Hamburger", "the text to print")
+	fontFlag = flag.String("font", "/Library/Fonts/Georgia Italic.ttf",
+		"file name of the TrueType v1 font to use")
+	scaleFlag = flag.Int("scale", 100, "scale in points")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	log.SetPrefix("text2svg: ")
+	log.SetFlags(0)
+
+	ttfdata, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*fontFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("loading font: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	f, err := truetype.Parse(ttfdata)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("parsing font: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' "+
+		"style='fill: grey' width='%d' height='%d'>\n",
+		1000, 1000)
+
+	scale := fixed.I(*scaleFlag)
+
+	dy = scale // set the baseline one line below the origin
+
+	var prevIndex truetype.Index
+	for i, r := range *textFlag {
+		index := f.Index(r)
+
+		// Load the contours for a glyph.
+		var gbuf truetype.GlyphBuf
+		if err := gbuf.Load(f, scale, index, font.HintingNone); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("loading glyph: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Emit a single SVG <path> for all glyph contours.
+		fmt.Printf("<path d='")
+		prevEnd := 0
+		for _, end := range gbuf.Ends {
+			drawContour(gbuf.Points[prevEnd:end], drawSVG)
+			prevEnd = end
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("'/>\n")
+
+		// Advance the position.
+		dx += gbuf.AdvanceWidth
+		if i > 0 {
+			dx += f.Kern(scale, prevIndex, index)
+		}
+		prevIndex = index
+	}
+	fmt.Println("</svg>")
+}
+
+func drawSVG(cmd rune, p0, p1 fixed.Point26_6) {
+	switch cmd {
+	case 'M': // moveto
+		fmt.Printf("M%s ", p2svg(p0))
+	case 'L': // lineto
+		fmt.Printf("L%s ", p2svg(p0))
+	case 'Q': // quadratic spline
+		fmt.Printf("Q%s %s ", p2svg(p0), p2svg(p1))
+	}
+}
+
+var dx, dy fixed.Int26_6
+
+func p2svg(p fixed.Point26_6) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v,%v",
+		float64(dx+p.X)/64,
+		float64(dy-p.Y)/64)
+}
+
+var dummy fixed.Point26_6
+
+// drawContour calls the draw function for each moveto, lineto, or
+// quadratic spline command in the specified contour.
+//
+// Stolen from drawContour in github.com/golang/freetype/freetype.go.
+// It would be nice if that version was reusable.
+func drawContour(ps []truetype.Point, draw func(cmd rune, p0, p1 fixed.Point26_6)) {
+	if len(ps) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// The low bit of each point's Flags value is whether the
+	// point is on the curve. Truetype fonts only have quadratic
+	// Bézier curves, not cubics.  Thus, two consecutive off-curve
+	// points imply an on-curve point in the middle of those two.
+	//
+	// See http://chanae.walon.org/pub/ttf/ttf_glyphs.htm for more details.
+
+	// ps[0] is a truetype.Point measured in FUnits and positive Y going
+	// upwards. start is the same thing measured in fixed point units and
+	// positive Y going downwards, and offset by (dx, dy).
+	start := fixed.Point26_6{
+		X: ps[0].X,
+		Y: ps[0].Y,
+	}
+	var others []truetype.Point
+	if ps[0].Flags&1 != 0 {
+		others = ps[1:]
+	} else {
+		last := fixed.Point26_6{
+			X: ps[len(ps)-1].X,
+			Y: ps[len(ps)-1].Y,
+		}
+		if ps[len(ps)-1].Flags&1 != 0 {
+			start = last
+			others = ps[:len(ps)-1]
+		} else {
+			start = fixed.Point26_6{
+				X: (start.X + last.X) / 2,
+				Y: (start.Y + last.Y) / 2,
+			}
+			others = ps
+		}
+	}
+	draw('M', start, dummy)
+	q0, on0 := start, true
+	for _, p := range others {
+		q := fixed.Point26_6{
+			X: p.X,
+			Y: p.Y,
+		}
+		on := p.Flags&1 != 0
+		if on {
+			if on0 {
+				draw('L', q, dummy)
+			} else {
+				draw('Q', q0, q)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if on0 {
+				// No-op.
+			} else {
+				mid := fixed.Point26_6{
+					X: (q0.X + q.X) / 2,
+					Y: (q0.Y + q.Y) / 2,
+				}
+				draw('Q', q0, mid)
+			}
+		}
+		q0, on0 = q, on
+	}
+	// Close the curve.
+	if on0 {
+		draw('L', start, dummy)
+	} else {
+		draw('Q', q0, start)
+	}
+}