Pyglyph

Pyglyph is a Python library for rendering text with Pygame and PyOpenGL.

Current features are:

Styled text rendering using an HTML-like markup.
First-fit line wrapping.
Pairwise horizontal kerning.
No dependencies besides Pygame and PyOpenGL, and no font preprocessing required.

Please note that this library is in early development and should not be considered suitable for production use.

Download

The latest release is:

pyglyph-0.2.tar.gz

The source release contains library code, examples and sample fonts (Bitstream Vera series).

Documentation

User documentation has yet to be written. In the meantime, the examples in the source download should provide a good starting point. API documentation can be generated from the source or browsed online here:

Pyglyph 0.2 API Documentation

Mailing List

Announcements of new versions will be posted to the mailing list, which can also serve as a discussion forum for interested parties.

Bugs, features, patches...

Please use the issue tracker.