chore: Improve Font Rendering on Linux (#100)

* add zed plex sans

* .

crates/coop/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ name = "coop"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+assets = { path = "../assets" }
 ui = { path = "../ui" }
 identity = { path = "../identity" }
 theme = { path = "../theme" }
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 dirs.workspace = true
-rust-embed.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 smallvec.workspace = true
 smol.workspace = true

crates/coop/src/asset.rs

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::anyhow;
-use gpui::{AssetSource, Result, SharedString};
-use rust_embed::RustEmbed;
-
-#[derive(RustEmbed)]
-#[folder = "../../assets"]
-pub struct Assets;
-
-impl AssetSource for Assets {
-    fn load(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Option<std::borrow::Cow<'static, [u8]>>> {
-        Self::get(path)
-            .map(|f| Some(f.data))
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("could not find asset at path \"{}\"", path))
-    }
-
-    fn list(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Vec<SharedString>> {
-        Ok(Self::iter()
-            .filter_map(|p| {
-                if p.starts_with(path) {
-                    Some(p.into())
-                } else {
-                    None
-                }
-            })
-            .collect())
-    }
-}

crates/coop/src/main.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
-use asset::Assets;
+use assets::Assets;
 use auto_update::AutoUpdater;
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 use global::constants::APP_NAME;
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use smol::channel::{self, Sender};
 use theme::Theme;
 use ui::Root;
 
-pub(crate) mod asset;
 pub(crate) mod chatspace;
 pub(crate) mod views;
 
@@ -183,6 +182,9 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Run application
     app.run(move |cx| {
+        // Load embedded fonts in assets/fonts
+        load_embedded_fonts(cx);
+
         // Register the `quit` function
         cx.on_action(quit);
 
@@ -318,6 +320,30 @@ fn main() {
     });
 }
 
+fn load_embedded_fonts(cx: &App) {
+    let asset_source = cx.asset_source();
+    let font_paths = asset_source.list("fonts").unwrap();
+    let embedded_fonts = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+    let executor = cx.background_executor();
+
+    executor.block(executor.scoped(|scope| {
+        for font_path in &font_paths {
+            if !font_path.ends_with(".ttf") {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            scope.spawn(async {
+                let font_bytes = asset_source.load(font_path).unwrap().unwrap();
+                embedded_fonts.lock().unwrap().push(font_bytes);
+            });
+        }
+    }));
+
+    cx.text_system()
+        .add_fonts(embedded_fonts.into_inner().unwrap())
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
 fn quit(_: &Quit, cx: &mut App) {
     log::info!("Gracefully quitting the application . . .");
     cx.quit();