text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  #
  #  FreeType high-level python API - Copyright 2011-2015 Nicolas P. Rougier
  #  Distributed under the terms of the new BSD license.
  #
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  '''
  Glyph bitmap monochrome rendring
  '''
  from freetype import *
  
  def bits(x):
      data = []
      for i in range(8):
          data.insert(0, int((x & 1) == 1))
          x = x >> 1
      return data
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      import numpy
      import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  
      face = Face('./Vera.ttf')
      face.set_char_size( 48*64 )
      face.load_char('S', FT_LOAD_RENDER |
                          FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO )
  
      bitmap = face.glyph.bitmap
      width  = face.glyph.bitmap.width
      rows   = face.glyph.bitmap.rows
      pitch  = face.glyph.bitmap.pitch
  
      data = []
      for i in range(bitmap.rows):
          row = []
          for j in range(bitmap.pitch):
              row.extend(bits(bitmap.buffer[i*bitmap.pitch+j]))
          data.extend(row[:bitmap.width])
      Z = numpy.array(data).reshape(bitmap.rows, bitmap.width)
      plt.imshow(Z, interpolation='nearest', cmap=plt.cm.gray, origin='lower')
      plt.show()
  