From cf3e6ac4c968b09b4e431b111162aea6041f47a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabrice <fabrice@schaub-dev.xyz>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:48:08 +0100
Subject: load font manually

---
 src/text.cc | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/text.h  |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/text.cc b/src/text.cc
index 600220e..43ee74e 100644
--- a/src/text.cc
+++ b/src/text.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #include "text.h"
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <mimalloc.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <utils.h>
+
 #include "utils.h"
 
 enum font_context_error_e wayc_font_context_init(struct font_context_s* ctx) {
@@ -22,12 +27,26 @@ enum font_error_e wayc_font_init(struct font_s* font,
   wayc_notnull(ctx);
   wayc_notnull(path);
 
-  FT_Error err = FT_New_Face(ctx->library, path, 0, &font->face);
-  if (err) return FONT_ERROR_LOAD;
+  i32 fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd < 0) return FONT_ERROR_FILE_LOAD;
+  wayc_defer(close(fd));
+
+  usize size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+  if (size < 0) return FONT_ERROR_FILE_LOAD;
+  lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  font->data = (u8*)mi_malloc(size);
+  usize _read = read(fd, font->data, size);
+  if (_read != size) return FONT_ERROR_FILE_LOAD;
+
+  FT_Error err = FT_New_Memory_Face(ctx->library, (const FT_Byte*)font->data,
+                                    size, 0, &font->face);
+  if (err) return FONT_ERROR_FONT_LOAD;
   return FONT_ERROR_NONE;
 }
 
 void wayc_font_deinit(struct font_s* font) {
   wayc_notnull(font);
   FT_Done_Face(font->face);
+  mi_free(font->data);
 }
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index ec0b4fe..cfd7a00 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "freetype/freetype.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 enum font_context_error_e {
   FONT_CONTEXT_ERROR_NONE,
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ void wayc_font_context_deinit(struct font_context_s* ctx);
 
 enum font_error_e {
   FONT_ERROR_NONE,
-  FONT_ERROR_LOAD,
+  FONT_ERROR_FILE_LOAD,
+  FONT_ERROR_FONT_LOAD,
 };
 
 struct font_s {
+  u8* data;
   FT_Face face;
 };
 
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