1. Clone this repo.
2. Add src/XNA/FontStashSharp.FNA.csproj or src/XNA/FontStashSharp.FNA.Core.csproj to the solution.
3. The overall folder structure is expected to be following:

SDF Support

SDF text rendering requires the SDF effect shaders to be compiled into precompiled .efb blobs:

1. Install or update efscriptgen - efscriptgen:

dotnet tool install --global efscriptgen
# or, to update an existing installation:
dotnet tool update --global efscriptgen

2. Generate the compile scripts - navigate to the src/XNA/Effects folder and execute:

efscriptgen .

3. Make sure fxc is available in PATH - the FNA compile scripts invoke fxc (the DirectX shader compiler). It ships with the Windows SDK under C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\<version>\x64\. The simplest way to have it in PATH is to run the commands from a Developer Command Prompt / Visual Studio environment.

4. Run the FNA compile script - this compiles all SDF effect variants into src/XNA/Effects/FNA/bin/*.efb:

src/XNA/Effects/FNA/compile_all.bat

5. Rebuild the project - the generated Effects\FNA\bin\*.efb files are picked up automatically by the EmbeddedResource item on the next build.