Added improvements

manga-renderer.py

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Strategy:
   2. Detect the original font size from the OCR bounding boxes.
   3. Dynamically wrap and scale down the translated text if it exceeds the bubble dimensions.
   4. Render the translated text centered inside the bubble bounding box.
-  5. Uses uniform line heights to prevent accent collisions.
-  6. Adds a white stroke to the text to cover any residual original characters.
+  5. Uses uniform line heights (ascent + descent) to prevent Catalan accent collisions (È, À).
+  6. Adds a dynamic white stroke to the text to cover any residual original characters.
 """
 
 import json
@@ -25,26 +25,19 @@ from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Set, Any
 # ============================================================
 # CONFIG  — edit these paths to match your setup
 # ============================================================
-IMAGE_PATH        = "003.jpg"
-BUBBLES_PATH      = "bubbles.json"
-TRANSLATIONS_PATH = "output_003.txt"
-OUTPUT_PATH       = "translated_page_003.png"
+IMAGE_PATH        = "004.png"
+BUBBLES_PATH      = "bubbles_004.json"
+TRANSLATIONS_PATH = "output_004.txt"
+OUTPUT_PATH       = "translated_page_004.png"
 
-# Font candidates — first one that loads wins
+# Font candidates — Prioritizes Laffayette for Catalan, with safe fallbacks
 FONT_CANDIDATES = [
+    "fonts/animeace2_reg.ttf",
     "fonts/ComicNeue-Bold.ttf",
-    # Mac fallbacks
-    "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Comic Sans MS Bold.ttf",
-    "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Arial Bold.ttf",
-    # Windows fallbacks
-    "C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\comicbd.ttf",
-    "C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\arialbd.ttf",
-    # Linux fallbacks
-    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf",
 ]
 
-DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 24
-MIN_FONT_SIZE     = 12
+DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 18
+MIN_FONT_SIZE     = 8
 QUAD_PAD          = 4    # extra pixels added around each quad before white-fill
 
 # ============================================================
@@ -105,9 +98,7 @@ def parse_translations(filepath: str) -> Dict[int, str]:
     return translations
 
 def parse_bubbles(filepath: str):
-    """
-    Returns the full JSON data.
-    """
+    """Returns the full JSON data."""
     with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         data = json.load(f)
     return data
@@ -205,7 +196,7 @@ def fit_text_dynamically(
         
         wrapped_lines = textwrap.wrap(text, width=chars_per_line)
         
-        # Use uniform font metrics for height instead of per-line bounding boxes
+        # Use uniform font metrics for height to protect accents like È
         line_spacing = max(2, int(font_size * 0.15))
         if hasattr(font, 'getmetrics'):
             ascent, descent = font.getmetrics()
@@ -246,7 +237,7 @@ def render_text(
 ):
     """
     Draws the translated text centered in the line_union_bbox of each bubble.
-    Adds a white stroke (outline) to cover any residual original characters.
+    Adds a dynamic white stroke (outline) to cover any residual original characters.
     """
     image_rgb = cv2.cvtColor(image_bgr, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
     pil_img = Image.fromarray(image_rgb)
@@ -280,7 +271,7 @@ def render_text(
         target_size = get_original_font_size(val)
         wrapped_lines, font, line_spacing, final_size = fit_text_dynamically(text, font_path, bw, bh, target_size)
         
-        # Use uniform typographic line height for rendering
+        # Use uniform typographic line height for rendering to protect accents
         if hasattr(font, 'getmetrics'):
             ascent, descent = font.getmetrics()
             line_h = ascent + descent
@@ -290,6 +281,8 @@ def render_text(
         total_text_height = (line_h * len(wrapped_lines)) + (line_spacing * max(0, len(wrapped_lines) - 1))
         
         current_y = by + (bh - total_text_height) // 2
+        
+        # Dynamic outline thickness based on the final scaled font size
         outline_thickness = max(2, int(final_size * 0.10))
 
         for i, line in enumerate(wrapped_lines):
@@ -301,6 +294,7 @@ def render_text(
             
             current_x = bx + (bw - lw) // 2
             
+            # Draw text with white stroke for artifact coverage
             draw.text(
                 (current_x, current_y), 
                 line,