OrbisTTY is a simple terminal-style text renderer for PlayStation 4 homebrew that provides a printf-like interface using sceVideoOut and FreeType for the OpenOrbis PS4 Toolchain.

Note: Fonts that were tested with OrbisTTY are stored in tested-fonts/
Note: Escape sequences are not supported (\n,\r,...). Every OrbisTTY::orbis_printf(...) prints a whole line, including the \n.

Features

printf-style text output
Automatic line scrolling
FreeType font rendering
Double buffered rendering
Lightweight and easy to integrate

Required OpenOrbis libraries to link

-lc
-lkernel
-lc++
-lSceVideoOut
-lSceFreeType
-lSceSysmodule

Example

#include "OrbisTTY.h"

#define printf(...) OrbisTTY::orbis_printf(__VA_ARGS__)

int main() {
    if (!OrbisTTY::init("/app0/assets/fonts/Inconsolata-Regular.ttf"))
        return 1;

    for (int i = 0; ; i++)
        printf("Homebrew counter %d", i);

    return 0;
}

OpenOrbis PS4 Toolchain

OrbisTTY is an third-party additional library to the OpenOrbis PS4 Toolchain.

https://github.com/OpenOrbis/OpenOrbis-PS4-Toolchain