Chlumsky/msdfgen

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4912 stars · 513 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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A C++ library and console tool that generates multi-channel signed distance fields (MSDFs) from vector shapes and font glyphs. The resulting textures allow real-time graphics to reproduce shapes with sharp corners and high-quality scaling.

Use cases

• generate signed distance field textures for game UI text rendering
• render crisp scalable font glyphs in OpenGL or Vulkan
• convert SVG vector shapes to SDF textures
• generate multi-channel SDFs with sharp corners
• create distance field atlases for real-time graphics

When to choose

• you need high-quality scalable text or shape rendering in a game engine
• you want to generate MSDF textures from fonts or SVG files
• you need a dependency-free core library with optional extensions for FreeType and PNG output

When to avoid

• you need full font atlas generation out of the box (use msdf-atlas-gen instead)
• your project does not involve real-time graphics or texture-based rendering

Facets

library · maturity stable

graphics image-processing cli graphics developer-tools cpp cross-platform cli windows signed-distance-field sdf msdf font-rendering text-rendering vector-graphics real-time-graphics game-development

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