Lets skins use a light font weight

xbmc/guilib/GUIFont.h

@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ class CGUIFontTTFBase;
 #define FONT_STYLE_NORMAL       0
 #define FONT_STYLE_BOLD         1
 #define FONT_STYLE_ITALICS      2
-#define FONT_STYLE_UPPERCASE    4
-#define FONT_STYLE_LOWERCASE    8
-#define FONT_STYLE_CAPITALIZE  16
-#define FONT_STYLE_MASK      0xFF
+#define FONT_STYLE_LIGHT        4
+#define FONT_STYLE_UPPERCASE    8
+#define FONT_STYLE_LOWERCASE    16
+#define FONT_STYLE_CAPITALIZE   32
+#define FONT_STYLE_MASK         0xFF
 
 class CScrollInfo
 {

xbmc/guilib/GUIFontManager.cpp

@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ void GUIFontManager::GetStyle(const TiXmlNode *fontNode, int &iStyle)
         iStyle |= FONT_STYLE_LOWERCASE;
       else if (*i == "capitalize")
         iStyle |= FONT_STYLE_CAPITALIZE;
+      else if (*i == "lighten")
+        iStyle |= FONT_STYLE_LIGHT;
     }
   }
 }

xbmc/guilib/GUIFontTTF.cpp

@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ unsigned int CGUIFontTTFBase::GetTextureLineHeight() const
 CGUIFontTTFBase::Character* CGUIFontTTFBase::GetCharacter(character_t chr)
 {
   wchar_t letter = (wchar_t)(chr & 0xffff);
-  character_t style = (chr & 0x3000000) >> 24;
+  character_t style = (chr & 0x7000000) >> 24;
 
   // ignore linebreaks
   if (letter == L'\r')
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ bool CGUIFontTTFBase::CacheCharacter(wchar_t letter, uint32_t style, Character *
   // and italics if applicable
   if (style & FONT_STYLE_ITALICS)
     ObliqueGlyph(m_face->glyph);
+  // and light if applicable
+  if (style & FONT_STYLE_LIGHT)
+    LightenGlyph(m_face->glyph);
   // grab the glyph
   if (FT_Get_Glyph(m_face->glyph, &glyph))
   {
@@ -996,5 +999,39 @@ void CGUIFontTTFBase::EmboldenGlyph(FT_GlyphSlot slot)
   slot->metrics.vertBearingY += dy;
   slot->metrics.vertAdvance  += dy;
 }
+
+// Lighten code - original taken from freetype2 (ftsynth.c)  
+void CGUIFontTTFBase::LightenGlyph(FT_GlyphSlot slot)
+{
+  if (slot->format != FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_OUTLINE)
+    return;
+
+  /* some reasonable strength */
+  FT_Pos strength = FT_MulFix(m_face->units_per_EM,
+                              m_face->size->metrics.y_scale) / -48;
+
+  FT_BBox bbox_before, bbox_after;
+  FT_Outline_Get_CBox(&slot->outline, &bbox_before);
+  FT_Outline_Embolden(&slot->outline, strength);  // ignore error  
+  FT_Outline_Get_CBox(&slot->outline, &bbox_after);
+
+  FT_Pos dx = bbox_after.xMax - bbox_before.xMax;
+  FT_Pos dy = bbox_after.yMax - bbox_before.yMax;
+
+  if (slot->advance.x)
+    slot->advance.x += dx;
+
+  if (slot->advance.y)
+    slot->advance.y += dy;
+
+  slot->metrics.width += dx;
+  slot->metrics.height += dy;
+  slot->metrics.horiBearingY += dy;
+  slot->metrics.horiAdvance += dx;
+  slot->metrics.vertBearingX -= dx / 2;
+  slot->metrics.vertBearingY += dy;
+  slot->metrics.vertAdvance += dy;
+}
+
 
 

xbmc/guilib/GUIFontTTF.h

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class CGUIFontTTFBase
 
   // modifying glyphs
   void EmboldenGlyph(FT_GlyphSlot slot);
+  void LightenGlyph(FT_GlyphSlot slot);
   static void ObliqueGlyph(FT_GlyphSlot slot);
 
   CBaseTexture* m_texture;        // texture that holds our rendered characters (8bit alpha only)
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class CGUIFontTTFBase
   color_t m_color;
 
   Character *m_char;                 // our characters
-  Character *m_charquick[256*4];     // ascii chars (4 styles) here
+  Character *m_charquick[256*7];     // ascii chars (7 styles) here
   int m_maxChars;                    // size of character array (can be incremented)
   int m_numChars;                    // the current number of cached characters
 

xbmc/guilib/GUITextLayout.cpp

@@ -408,6 +408,13 @@ void CGUITextLayout::ParseText(const std::wstring &text, uint32_t defaultStyle,
          (!on && (currentStyle & FONT_STYLE_CAPITALIZE)))  // or matching start point
         newStyle = FONT_STYLE_CAPITALIZE;
     }
+    else if (text.compare(pos, 6, L"LIGHT]") == 0)
+    {
+      pos += 6;
+      if ((on && text.find(L"[/LIGHT]", pos) != std::string::npos) ||
+         (!on && (currentStyle & FONT_STYLE_LIGHT)))
+        newStyle = FONT_STYLE_LIGHT;
+    }
     else if (text.compare(pos, 3, L"CR]") == 0 && on)
     {
       newLine = true;