--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/rendercache.c	2007/08/11 13:46:40	1.3
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/rendercache.c	2007/08/12 08:44:22	1.4
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@
 }
 
 static void
+rc_glyph (rc_array_t *arr, int u, int v, int w, int h, int x, int y)
+{
+  U8 *c;
+  STRLEN len = SvCUR (arr);
+
+  SvGROW (arr, len + 2 * 2 + 1 * 4);
+
+  c = (U8 *)SvEND (arr);
+  *c++ = u;
+  *c++ = v;
+  *c++ = w;
+  *c++ = h;
+
+  // use ber-encoding for up to 14 bits (16k)
+  *c = 0x80 | (x >> 7); c += (x >> 7) ? 1 : 0; *c++ = x & 0x7f;
+  *c = 0x80 | (y >> 7); c += (y >> 7) ? 1 : 0; *c++ = y & 0x7f;
+
+  SvCUR_set (arr, c - (U8 *)SvPVX (arr));
+}
+
+static void
 rc_draw (rc_t *rc)
 {
   HE *he;
@@ -99,12 +120,46 @@
 
       glColor4ub (key->r, key->g, key->b, key->a);
 
-      stride = key->format == GL_T2F_V3F ? sizeof (float) * 5
-             : key->format == GL_V2F     ? sizeof (float) * 2
-             : 65536;
+      if (key->format)
+        {
+          stride = key->format == GL_T2F_V3F ? sizeof (float) * 5
+                 : key->format == GL_V2F     ? sizeof (float) * 2
+                 : 65536;
+
+          glInterleavedArrays (key->format, 0, (void *)arr_pv);
+          //glLockArraysEXT (0, len / stride);
+          glDrawArrays (key->mode, 0, len / stride);
+          //glUnlockArraysEXT ();
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          // optimised character quad storage. slower but nice on memory.
+          // reduces storage requirements from 80 bytes/char to 6-8
+          U8 *c = (U8 *)arr_pv;
+          U8 *e = c + len;
+
+          glBegin (key->mode); // practically must be quads
+
+          while (c < e)
+            {
+              int u, v, x, y, w, h;
+
+              u = *c++;
+              v = *c++;
+              w = *c++;
+              h = *c++;
+
+              x = *c++; if (x > 0x7f) x = ((x & 0x7f) << 7) | *c++;
+              y = *c++; if (y > 0x7f) y = ((y & 0x7f) << 7) | *c++;
+
+              glTexCoord2f ( u      * (1.f / TC_WIDTH),  v      * (1.f / TC_HEIGHT)); glVertex2i (x    , y    );
+              glTexCoord2f ((u + w) * (1.f / TC_WIDTH),  v      * (1.f / TC_HEIGHT)); glVertex2i (x + w, y    );
+              glTexCoord2f ((u + w) * (1.f / TC_WIDTH), (v + h) * (1.f / TC_HEIGHT)); glVertex2i (x + w, y + h);
+              glTexCoord2f ( u      * (1.f / TC_WIDTH), (v + h) * (1.f / TC_HEIGHT)); glVertex2i (x    , y + h);
+            }
 
-      glInterleavedArrays (key->format, 0, (void *)arr_pv);
-      glDrawArrays (key->mode, 0, len / stride);
+          glEnd ();
+        }
     }
 
   glDisable (GL_TEXTURE_2D);