implementations/Crafter.Graphics-FontAtlas.cpp

@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ void FontAtlas::Initialize(GraphicsCommandBuffer cmd) {
     MarkDirty(0, 0, kAtlasSize, kAtlasSize);
 }
 
-bool FontAtlas::ShelfPlace(int w, int h, int& outX, int& outY) {
+bool FontAtlas::ShelfPlace(int w, int h, int& outX, int& outY, int& outShelf) {
-    for (Shelf& s : shelves_) {
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < shelves_.size(); ++i) {
+        Shelf& s = shelves_[i];
         if (h <= s.height && s.cursorX + w <= kAtlasSize) {
             outX = s.cursorX;
             outY = s.y;
+            outShelf = static_cast<int>(i);
             s.cursorX += w;
             return true;
         }
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ bool FontAtlas::ShelfPlace(int w, int h, int& outX, int& outY) {
     s.cursorX = w;
     outX = 0;
     outY = s.y;
+    outShelf = static_cast<int>(shelves_.size());
     shelves_.push_back(s);
     nextShelfY_ += h;
     return true;
@@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ const Glyph* FontAtlas::EnsureAndGet(Font& font, std::uint32_t codepoint) {
     g.yoff = static_cast<float>(yoff);
 
     if (sdf && sw > 0 && sh > 0) {
-        int px = 0, py = 0;
+        int px = 0, py = 0, shelf = 0;
-        if (!ShelfPlace(sw, sh, px, py)) {
+        if (!ShelfPlace(sw, sh, px, py, shelf)) {
             stbtt_FreeSDF(sdf, nullptr);
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -127,7 +130,10 @@ const Glyph* FontAtlas::EnsureAndGet(Font& font, std::uint32_t codepoint) {
         g.v0 = static_cast<float>(py) / kAtlasSize;
         g.u1 = static_cast<float>(px + sw) / kAtlasSize;
         g.v1 = static_cast<float>(py + sh) / kAtlasSize;
-        MarkDirty(px, py, sw, sh);
+        // Mark the *shelf's* span, not one global box — keeps each upload
+        // tight when glyphs land on different shelves the same frame (#129).
+        shelves_[shelf].dirty.Add(px, py, sw, sh);
+        dirty = true;
     }
 
     return &cache_.emplace(key, g).first->second;
@@ -141,18 +147,18 @@ const Glyph* FontAtlas::Lookup(Font& font, std::uint32_t codepoint) const {
 void FontAtlas::Update(GraphicsCommandBuffer cmd) {
     if (!dirty) return;
 
-    // Clamp the accumulated box to the atlas and convert to (origin,
+    // Issue one tight copy per dirty span and reset it. Clamping to the atlas
-    // extent). Add() works in glyph coordinates that are always in-bounds,
+    // keeps each extent provably valid even though Add() already works in
-    // but clamping keeps the copy extent provably valid. The `dirty` guard
+    // in-bounds glyph coordinates; UploadBox skips spans that never armed.
-    // above guarantees the rect is non-empty, so UploadBox always fills the
+    // The spans are the whole-atlas zero-clear (dirtyRect, Initialize only)
-    // outputs.
+    // plus each shelf's accumulated glyph run — so scattered glyphs upload as
+    // several small rects, not one tall union covering the gaps between them.
+    auto upload = [&](DirtyRect& r) {
         std::uint32_t x = 0, y = 0, w = 0, h = 0;
-    dirtyRect.UploadBox(kAtlasSize, x, y, w, h);
+        if (!r.UploadBox(kAtlasSize, x, y, w, h)) return;
-
 #ifndef CRAFTER_GRAPHICS_WINDOW_DOM
         image.UpdateRegion(cmd, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL, x, y, w, h);
 #else
-    (void)cmd;
         // The staging buffer keeps the full atlas row stride, so srcBytesPerRow
         // stays kAtlasSize and (dstX, dstY) index the sub-rect's first texel.
         WebGPU::wgpuWriteAtlasRegion(
@@ -162,6 +168,14 @@ void FontAtlas::Update(GraphicsCommandBuffer cmd) {
             static_cast<std::int32_t>(w), static_cast<std::int32_t>(h)
         );
 #endif
+        r.Reset();
+    };
+
+#ifdef CRAFTER_GRAPHICS_WINDOW_DOM
+    (void)cmd;
+#endif
+    upload(dirtyRect);
+    for (Shelf& s : shelves_) upload(s.dirty);
+
     dirty = false;
-    dirtyRect.Reset();
 }

interfaces/Crafter.Graphics-FontAtlas.cppm

@@ -102,9 +102,12 @@ export namespace Crafter {
         std::vector<std::uint8_t> staging;
 #endif
         // `dirty` stays the cheap "is there anything to flush?" flag the
-        // renderer polls each frame; `dirtyRect` carries the bounds Update
+        // renderer polls each frame; it is the OR of every dirty span Update
-        // copies. The two are always set and cleared together (dirty ==
+        // copies. `dirtyRect` is the *whole-atlas* span — used only for the
-        // !dirtyRect.Empty()).
+        // one-shot zero-clear in Initialize; per-glyph dirt is tracked tight
+        // per shelf (Shelf::dirty) instead of inflating one tall union box
+        // across scattered shelves (#129). `dirty` and the spans are always
+        // armed and cleared together.
         bool dirty = false;
         DirtyRect dirtyRect;
 
@@ -131,7 +134,11 @@ export namespace Crafter {
         }
 
     private:
-        struct Shelf { int y = 0; int height = 0; int cursorX = 0; };
+        // A shelf packs glyphs left-to-right at a fixed top (`y`). Its `dirty`
+        // span therefore stays naturally tight: a contiguous X run capped by
+        // the shelf height — far smaller than a union box spanning every
+        // shelf a frame happened to touch.
+        struct Shelf { int y = 0; int height = 0; int cursorX = 0; DirtyRect dirty; };
         std::vector<Shelf> shelves_;
         int  nextShelfY_ = 0;
 
@@ -149,6 +156,8 @@ export namespace Crafter {
         };
         std::unordered_map<Key, Glyph, KeyHash> cache_;
 
-        bool ShelfPlace(int w, int h, int& outX, int& outY);
+        // On success, outShelf is the index into shelves_ of the placed
+        // glyph, so the caller can mark that shelf's dirty span.
+        bool ShelfPlace(int w, int h, int& outX, int& outY, int& outShelf);
     };
 }