Universal text preparation

Pretext

Predictable, allocation-conscious text layout for any SkiaSharp UI.

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StatusActive

TierMaintained

DomainGraphics

Repositorywieslawsoltes/PretextSharp

Overview

Universal text preparation and line layout with grapheme-aware wrapping, locale segmentation, bidi, and streaming line walking.

Pretext is maintained as a focused part of a wider open-source .NET UI ecosystem. Its boundaries are designed so applications can adopt the useful layer without taking the entire stack.

Unicode-aware wrapping

Locale-sensitive segmentation

Bidirectional text

Streaming, allocation-light APIs

Built for

Where it fits.

Teams building graphics software on .NET
Developers who need reusable, inspectable infrastructure
Open-source contributors looking for practical framework work

Compatibility & status

.NET

Current SDK

Avalonia / cross-platform

Active

Source

Open on GitHub

In the work

Real output,
not a mockup.

Pretext GitHub repository preview — The Pretext repository contains the current source, samples, releases, and issue history.

Architecture

Clear layers.
Replaceable seams.

Input

Portable data and framework resources enter through focused APIs.

Preparation

Geometry, text, images, or effects become renderer-ready operations.

Rendering

The backend records and submits deterministic drawing work.

Activeproject status

2composable packages

Open sourceissues and implementation

LiveGitHub metadata

Quick start

From package
to first frame.

Choose the package workflow used by your repository, then start from the smallest working example. Replace VERSION with the current stable or prerelease version shown on NuGet.

dotnet add package Pretext
dotnet add package Pretext.SkiaSharp

<PackageReference Include="Pretext" Version="VERSION" />

<PackageVersion Include="Pretext" Version="VERSION" />

var prepared = PretextLayout.PrepareWithSegments(text, "16px Inter");
var lines = PretextLayout.LayoutWithLines(prepared, 320, 22);

foreach (var line in lines.Lines)
    Console.WriteLine(line.Text);