Support for bounding box text edges (#1626)

crates/typst-library/src/math/ctx.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use typst::model::realize;
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
 use super::*;
-use crate::text::tags;
+use crate::text::{tags, BottomEdge, BottomEdgeMetric, TopEdge, TopEdgeMetric};
 
 macro_rules! scaled {
     ($ctx:expr, text: $text:ident, display: $display:ident $(,)?) => {
@@ -203,7 +203,27 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'v> MathContext<'a, 'b, 'v> {
                 style = style.with_italic(false);
             }
             let text: EcoString = text.chars().map(|c| style.styled_char(c)).collect();
-            let frame = self.layout_content(&TextElem::packed(text).spanned(span))?;
+            let text = TextElem::packed(text)
+                .styled(TextElem::set_top_edge(TopEdge::Metric(TopEdgeMetric::Bounds)))
+                .styled(TextElem::set_bottom_edge(BottomEdge::Metric(
+                    BottomEdgeMetric::Bounds,
+                )))
+                .spanned(span);
+            let par = ParElem::new(vec![text]);
+
+            // There isn't a natural width for a paragraph in a math environment;
+            // because it will be placed somewhere probably not at the left margin
+            // it will overflow.  So emulate an `hbox` instead and allow the paragraph
+            // to extend as far as needed.
+            let frame = par
+                .layout(
+                    self.vt,
+                    self.outer.chain(&self.local),
+                    false,
+                    Size::splat(Abs::inf()),
+                    false,
+                )?
+                .into_frame();
             FrameFragment::new(self, frame)
                 .with_class(MathClass::Alphabetic)
                 .with_spaced(spaced)

crates/typst-library/src/math/mod.rs

@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ impl Layout for EquationElem {
             }
         } else {
             let slack = ParElem::leading_in(styles) * 0.7;
-            let top_edge = TextElem::top_edge_in(styles).resolve(styles, font.metrics());
+            let top_edge = TextElem::top_edge_in(styles).resolve(styles, &font, None);
             let bottom_edge =
-                -TextElem::bottom_edge_in(styles).resolve(styles, font.metrics());
+                -TextElem::bottom_edge_in(styles).resolve(styles, &font, None);
 
             let ascent = top_edge.max(frame.ascent() - slack);
             let descent = bottom_edge.max(frame.descent() - slack);

crates/typst-library/src/text/mod.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ pub use self::shaping::*;
 pub use self::shift::*;
 
 use rustybuzz::Tag;
-use typst::font::{FontMetrics, FontStretch, FontStyle, FontWeight, VerticalFontMetric};
+use ttf_parser::Rect;
+use typst::font::{Font, FontStretch, FontStyle, FontWeight, VerticalFontMetric};
 
 use crate::layout::ParElem;
 use crate::prelude::*;
@@ -245,8 +246,8 @@ pub struct TextElem {
     /// #set text(top-edge: "cap-height")
     /// #rect(fill: aqua)[Typst]
     /// ```
-    #[default(TextEdge::Metric(VerticalFontMetric::CapHeight))]
+    #[default(TopEdge::Metric(TopEdgeMetric::CapHeight))]
-    pub top_edge: TextEdge,
+    pub top_edge: TopEdge,
 
     /// The bottom end of the conceptual frame around the text used for layout
     /// and positioning. This affects the size of containers that hold text.
@@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ pub struct TextElem {
     /// #set text(bottom-edge: "descender")
     /// #rect(fill: aqua)[Typst]
     /// ```
-    #[default(TextEdge::Metric(VerticalFontMetric::Baseline))]
+    #[default(BottomEdge::Metric(BottomEdgeMetric::Baseline))]
-    pub bottom_edge: TextEdge,
+    pub bottom_edge: BottomEdge,
 
     /// An [ISO 639-1/2/3 language code.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639)
     ///
@@ -606,35 +607,140 @@ cast! {
     v: Length => Self(v),
 }
 
-/// Specifies the bottom or top edge of text.
+/// Specifies the top edge of text.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
-pub enum TextEdge {
+pub enum TopEdge {
-    /// An edge specified using one of the well-known font metrics.
+    /// An edge specified via font metrics or bounding box.
-    Metric(VerticalFontMetric),
+    Metric(TopEdgeMetric),
     /// An edge specified as a length.
     Length(Length),
 }
 
-impl TextEdge {
+impl TopEdge {
+    /// Determine if the edge is specified from bounding box info.
+    pub fn is_bounds(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::Metric(TopEdgeMetric::Bounds))
+    }
+
     /// Resolve the value of the text edge given a font's metrics.
-    pub fn resolve(self, styles: StyleChain, metrics: &FontMetrics) -> Abs {
+    pub fn resolve(self, styles: StyleChain, font: &Font, bbox: Option<Rect>) -> Abs {
         match self {
-            Self::Metric(metric) => metrics.vertical(metric).resolve(styles),
+            TopEdge::Metric(metric) => {
-            Self::Length(length) => length.resolve(styles),
+                if let Ok(metric) = metric.try_into() {
+                    font.metrics().vertical(metric).resolve(styles)
+                } else {
+                    bbox.map(|bbox| (font.to_em(bbox.y_max)).resolve(styles))
+                        .unwrap_or_default()
+                }
+            }
+            TopEdge::Length(length) => length.resolve(styles),
         }
     }
 }
 
 cast! {
-    TextEdge,
+    TopEdge,
     self => match self {
         Self::Metric(metric) => metric.into_value(),
         Self::Length(length) => length.into_value(),
     },
-    v: VerticalFontMetric => Self::Metric(v),
+    v: TopEdgeMetric => Self::Metric(v),
     v: Length => Self::Length(v),
 }
 
+/// Metrics that describe the top edge of text.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Cast)]
+pub enum TopEdgeMetric {
+    /// The font's ascender, which typically exceeds the height of all glyphs.
+    Ascender,
+    /// The approximate height of uppercase letters.
+    CapHeight,
+    /// The approximate height of non-ascending lowercase letters.
+    XHeight,
+    /// The baseline on which the letters rest.
+    Baseline,
+    /// The top edge of the glyph's bounding box.
+    Bounds,
+}
+
+impl TryInto<VerticalFontMetric> for TopEdgeMetric {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<VerticalFontMetric, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ascender => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::Ascender),
+            Self::CapHeight => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::CapHeight),
+            Self::XHeight => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::XHeight),
+            Self::Baseline => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::Baseline),
+            _ => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Specifies the top edge of text.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
+pub enum BottomEdge {
+    /// An edge specified via font metrics or bounding box.
+    Metric(BottomEdgeMetric),
+    /// An edge specified as a length.
+    Length(Length),
+}
+
+impl BottomEdge {
+    /// Determine if the edge is specified from bounding box info.
+    pub fn is_bounds(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::Metric(BottomEdgeMetric::Bounds))
+    }
+
+    /// Resolve the value of the text edge given a font's metrics.
+    pub fn resolve(self, styles: StyleChain, font: &Font, bbox: Option<Rect>) -> Abs {
+        match self {
+            BottomEdge::Metric(metric) => {
+                if let Ok(metric) = metric.try_into() {
+                    font.metrics().vertical(metric).resolve(styles)
+                } else {
+                    bbox.map(|bbox| (font.to_em(bbox.y_min)).resolve(styles))
+                        .unwrap_or_default()
+                }
+            }
+            BottomEdge::Length(length) => length.resolve(styles),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+cast! {
+    BottomEdge,
+    self => match self {
+        Self::Metric(metric) => metric.into_value(),
+        Self::Length(length) => length.into_value(),
+    },
+    v: BottomEdgeMetric => Self::Metric(v),
+    v: Length => Self::Length(v),
+}
+
+/// Metrics that describe the bottom edge of text.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Cast)]
+pub enum BottomEdgeMetric {
+    /// The baseline on which the letters rest.
+    Baseline,
+    /// The font's descender, which typically exceeds the depth of all glyphs.
+    Descender,
+    /// The bottom edge of the glyph's bounding box.
+    Bounds,
+}
+
+impl TryInto<VerticalFontMetric> for BottomEdgeMetric {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<VerticalFontMetric, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Baseline => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::Baseline),
+            Self::Descender => Ok(VerticalFontMetric::Descender),
+            _ => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The direction of text and inline objects in their line.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct TextDir(pub Smart<Dir>);

crates/typst-library/src/text/shaping.rs

@@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ impl<'a> ShapedText<'a> {
         let bottom_edge = TextElem::bottom_edge_in(self.styles);
 
         // Expand top and bottom by reading the font's vertical metrics.
-        let mut expand = |font: &Font| {
+        let mut expand = |font: &Font, bbox: Option<ttf_parser::Rect>| {
-            let metrics = font.metrics();
+            top.set_max(top_edge.resolve(self.styles, font, bbox));
-            top.set_max(top_edge.resolve(self.styles, metrics));
+            bottom.set_max(-bottom_edge.resolve(self.styles, font, bbox));
-            bottom.set_max(-bottom_edge.resolve(self.styles, metrics));
         };
 
         if self.glyphs.is_empty() {
@@ -336,13 +335,18 @@ impl<'a> ShapedText<'a> {
                     .select(family.as_str(), self.variant)
                     .and_then(|id| world.font(id))
                 {
-                    expand(&font);
+                    expand(&font, None);
                     break;
                 }
             }
         } else {
             for g in self.glyphs.iter() {
-                expand(&g.font);
+                let bbox = if top_edge.is_bounds() || bottom_edge.is_bounds() {
+                    g.font.ttf().glyph_bounding_box(ttf_parser::GlyphId(g.glyph_id))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+                expand(&g.font, bbox);
             }
         }
 

tests/typ/math/attach.typ

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ $ sqrt(a_(1/2)^zeta), sqrt(a_alpha^(1/2)), sqrt(a_(1/2)^(3/4)) \
   sqrt(attach(a, tl: 1/2, bl: 3/4)),
   sqrt(attach(a, tl: 1/2, bl: 3/4, tr: 1/2, br: 3/4)) $
 
+---
+// Test for no collisions between descenders/ascenders and attachments
+
+$ sup_(x in P_i) quad inf_(x in P_i) $
+$ op("fff",limits: #true)^(y) quad op("yyy", limits:#true)_(f) $
+
 ---
 // Test frame base.
 $ (-1)^n + (1/2 + 3)^(-1/2) $

tests/typ/text/edge.typ

@@ -9,17 +9,31 @@
   From #top to #bottom
 ]
 
+#let try-bounds(top, bottom) = rect(inset: 0pt, fill: conifer)[
+  #set text(font: "IBM Plex Mono", top-edge: top, bottom-edge: bottom)
+  #top to #bottom: "yay, Typst"
+]
+
 #try("ascender", "descender")
 #try("ascender", "baseline")
 #try("cap-height", "baseline")
 #try("x-height", "baseline")
+#try-bounds("cap-height", "baseline")
+#try-bounds("bounds", "baseline")
+#try-bounds("bounds", "bounds")
+#try-bounds("x-height", "bounds")
+
 #try(4pt, -2pt)
 #try(1pt + 0.3em, -0.15em)
 
 ---
-// Error: 21-23 expected "ascender", "cap-height", "x-height", "baseline", "descender", or length, found array
+// Error: 21-23 expected "ascender", "cap-height", "x-height", "baseline", "bounds", or length, found array
 #set text(top-edge: ())
 
 ---
-// Error: 24-26 expected "ascender", "cap-height", "x-height", "baseline", "descender", or length
+// Error: 24-26 expected "baseline", "descender", "bounds", or length
 #set text(bottom-edge: "")
+
+---
+// Error: 24-36 expected "baseline", "descender", "bounds", or length
+#set text(bottom-edge: "cap-height")