feat: support custom font files for song titles (Closes #4)

- Improve PdfFontMetrics: use canonical path for cache key, validate
  font file existence, use absolute paths for BaseFont.createFont
- Add font file path resolution in SongbookPipeline (relative to
  project directory)
- Add font file existence validation in Validator.validateConfig
- Add end-to-end tests: custom font loading, umlaut rendering,
  cache deduplication, missing file error
- Document custom font file usage in example songbook.yaml

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app/src/main/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/app/SongbookPipeline.kt

@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ class SongbookPipeline(private val projectDir: File) {
             return BuildResult(false, errors = listOf(ValidationError(configFile.name, null, "songbook.yaml not found")))
         }
         logger.info { "Parsing config: ${configFile.absolutePath}" }
-        val config = ConfigParser.parse(configFile)
+        val rawConfig = ConfigParser.parse(configFile)
 
-        // Validate config
+        // Resolve font file paths relative to the project directory
+        val config = resolveFontPaths(rawConfig)
+
+        // Validate config (including font file existence)
         val configErrors = Validator.validateConfig(config)
         if (configErrors.isNotEmpty()) {
             return BuildResult(false, errors = configErrors)
@@ -149,13 +152,39 @@ class SongbookPipeline(private val projectDir: File) {
         )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves font file paths relative to the project directory.
+     * If a FontSpec has a `file` property, it is resolved against projectDir
+     * to produce an absolute path.
+     */
+    private fun resolveFontPaths(config: BookConfig): BookConfig {
+        fun FontSpec.resolveFile(): FontSpec {
+            val fontFile = this.file ?: return this
+            val fontFileObj = File(fontFile)
+            // Only resolve relative paths; absolute paths are left as-is
+            if (fontFileObj.isAbsolute) return this
+            val resolved = File(projectDir, fontFile)
+            return this.copy(file = resolved.absolutePath)
+        }
+
+        val resolvedFonts = config.fonts.copy(
+            lyrics = config.fonts.lyrics.resolveFile(),
+            chords = config.fonts.chords.resolveFile(),
+            title = config.fonts.title.resolveFile(),
+            metadata = config.fonts.metadata.resolveFile(),
+            toc = config.fonts.toc.resolveFile()
+        )
+        return config.copy(fonts = resolvedFonts)
+    }
+
     fun validate(): List<ValidationError> {
         val configFile = File(projectDir, "songbook.yaml")
         if (!configFile.exists()) {
             return listOf(ValidationError(configFile.name, null, "songbook.yaml not found"))
         }
 
-        val config = ConfigParser.parse(configFile)
+        val rawConfig = ConfigParser.parse(configFile)
+        val config = resolveFontPaths(rawConfig)
         val errors = mutableListOf<ValidationError>()
         errors.addAll(Validator.validateConfig(config))
 

parser/src/main/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/parser/Validator.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package de.pfadfinder.songbook.parser
 
 import de.pfadfinder.songbook.model.BookConfig
+import de.pfadfinder.songbook.model.FontSpec
 import de.pfadfinder.songbook.model.Song
+import java.io.File
 
 data class ValidationError(val file: String?, val line: Int?, val message: String)
 
@@ -50,6 +52,27 @@ object Validator {
             if (outer <= 0) errors.add(ValidationError(file = null, line = null, message = "Outer margin must be greater than 0"))
         }
 
+        // Validate font files exist (paths should already be resolved to absolute by the pipeline)
+        validateFontFile(config.fonts.lyrics, "lyrics", errors)
+        validateFontFile(config.fonts.chords, "chords", errors)
+        validateFontFile(config.fonts.title, "title", errors)
+        validateFontFile(config.fonts.metadata, "metadata", errors)
+        validateFontFile(config.fonts.toc, "toc", errors)
+
         return errors
     }
+
+    private fun validateFontFile(font: FontSpec, fontRole: String, errors: MutableList<ValidationError>) {
+        val fontFile = font.file ?: return
+        val file = File(fontFile)
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            errors.add(
+                ValidationError(
+                    file = null,
+                    line = null,
+                    message = "Font file for '$fontRole' not found: $fontFile"
+                )
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }

parser/src/test/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/parser/ConfigParserTest.kt

@@ -251,4 +251,21 @@ class ConfigParserTest {
         val config = ConfigParser.parse(yaml)
         config.book.title shouldBe "Test"
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `parse config with custom title font file only`() {
+        val yaml = """
+            book:
+              title: "Fraktur Test"
+            fonts:
+              title: { file: "./fonts/Fraktur.ttf", size: 16 }
+        """.trimIndent()
+        val config = ConfigParser.parse(yaml)
+        config.fonts.title.file shouldBe "./fonts/Fraktur.ttf"
+        config.fonts.title.size shouldBe 16f
+        config.fonts.title.family shouldBe "Helvetica"  // default family as fallback
+        // Other fonts should still use defaults
+        config.fonts.lyrics.file.shouldBeNull()
+        config.fonts.lyrics.family shouldBe "Helvetica"
+    }
 }

parser/src/test/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/parser/ValidatorTest.kt

@@ -206,4 +206,53 @@ class ValidatorTest {
         errors shouldHaveSize 1
         errors[0].file shouldContain "myfile.chopro"
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `missing font file produces validation error`() {
+        val config = BookConfig(
+            fonts = FontsConfig(
+                title = FontSpec(file = "/nonexistent/path/FrakturFont.ttf", size = 14f)
+            )
+        )
+        val errors = Validator.validateConfig(config)
+        errors shouldHaveSize 1
+        errors[0].message shouldContain "title"
+        errors[0].message shouldContain "not found"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `multiple missing font files produce multiple errors`() {
+        val config = BookConfig(
+            fonts = FontsConfig(
+                title = FontSpec(file = "/nonexistent/title.ttf", size = 14f),
+                lyrics = FontSpec(file = "/nonexistent/lyrics.ttf", size = 10f)
+            )
+        )
+        val errors = Validator.validateConfig(config)
+        errors shouldHaveSize 2
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `config with no font files produces no font errors`() {
+        val config = BookConfig()  // all default built-in fonts
+        val errors = Validator.validateConfig(config)
+        errors.shouldBeEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `config with existing font file produces no error`() {
+        // Create a temporary file to simulate an existing font file
+        val tempFile = kotlin.io.path.createTempFile(suffix = ".ttf").toFile()
+        try {
+            val config = BookConfig(
+                fonts = FontsConfig(
+                    title = FontSpec(file = tempFile.absolutePath, size = 14f)
+                )
+            )
+            val errors = Validator.validateConfig(config)
+            errors.shouldBeEmpty()
+        } finally {
+            tempFile.delete()
+        }
+    }
 }

renderer-pdf/src/main/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/renderer/pdf/PdfFontMetrics.kt

@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@ package de.pfadfinder.songbook.renderer.pdf
 import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont
 import de.pfadfinder.songbook.model.FontMetrics
 import de.pfadfinder.songbook.model.FontSpec
+import java.io.File
 
 class PdfFontMetrics : FontMetrics {
     private val fontCache = mutableMapOf<String, BaseFont>()
 
     fun getBaseFont(font: FontSpec): BaseFont {
-        val key = font.file ?: font.family
+        val fontFile = font.file
+        val key = if (fontFile != null) File(fontFile).canonicalPath else font.family
         return fontCache.getOrPut(key) {
-            if (font.file != null) {
+            if (fontFile != null) {
-                BaseFont.createFont(font.file, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED)
+                val file = File(fontFile)
+                if (!file.exists()) {
+                    throw IllegalArgumentException("Font file not found: ${file.absolutePath}")
+                }
+                BaseFont.createFont(file.absolutePath, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED)
             } else {
                 // Map common family names to built-in PDF fonts
                 val pdfFontName = when (font.family.lowercase()) {

renderer-pdf/src/test/kotlin/de/pfadfinder/songbook/renderer/pdf/PdfFontMetricsTest.kt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import io.kotest.matchers.floats.shouldBeLessThan
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.types.shouldBeSameInstanceAs
 import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 
 class PdfFontMetricsTest {
 
@@ -158,4 +159,73 @@ class PdfFontMetricsTest {
         height shouldBeGreaterThan 3f
         height shouldBeLessThan 6f
     }
+
+    // --- Custom font file tests ---
+
+    private val testFontPath: String
+        get() = this::class.java.getResource("/TestFont.ttf")!!.file
+
+    @Test
+    fun `getBaseFont loads custom font from file path`() {
+        val font = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 12f)
+        val baseFont = metrics.getBaseFont(font)
+        // Custom font should load successfully and have a non-null PostScript name
+        baseFont.postscriptFontName.isNotEmpty() shouldBe true
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `getBaseFont caches custom font by canonical path`() {
+        val font1 = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 12f)
+        val font2 = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 14f)  // different size, same file
+        val first = metrics.getBaseFont(font1)
+        val second = metrics.getBaseFont(font2)
+        first shouldBeSameInstanceAs second
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `getBaseFont throws for missing font file`() {
+        val font = FontSpec(file = "/nonexistent/path/MissingFont.ttf", size = 12f)
+        assertFailsWith<IllegalArgumentException> {
+            metrics.getBaseFont(font)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `getBaseFontBold returns same font when file is specified`() {
+        val font = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 12f)
+        val regular = metrics.getBaseFont(font)
+        val bold = metrics.getBaseFontBold(font)
+        // Custom fonts don't have auto-resolved bold variants
+        regular shouldBeSameInstanceAs bold
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `measureTextWidth works with custom font file`() {
+        val font = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 12f)
+        val width = metrics.measureTextWidth("Hello World", font, 12f)
+        width shouldBeGreaterThan 0f
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `measureTextWidth handles German umlauts with custom font`() {
+        val font = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 12f)
+        // These should not throw and should return positive widths
+        val umlautWidth = metrics.measureTextWidth("\u00e4\u00f6\u00fc\u00df", font, 12f)
+        umlautWidth shouldBeGreaterThan 0f
+
+        // Full German words with umlauts
+        val wordWidth = metrics.measureTextWidth("Gr\u00fc\u00dfe aus \u00d6sterreich", font, 12f)
+        wordWidth shouldBeGreaterThan 0f
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `measureTextWidth with custom font returns different width than built-in font`() {
+        val customFont = FontSpec(file = testFontPath, size = 10f)
+        val builtInFont = FontSpec(family = "Courier", size = 10f)  // use Courier for contrast
+        val customWidth = metrics.measureTextWidth("Test text", customFont, 10f)
+        val builtInWidth = metrics.measureTextWidth("Test text", builtInFont, 10f)
+        // They should both be positive but likely different
+        customWidth shouldBeGreaterThan 0f
+        builtInWidth shouldBeGreaterThan 0f
+    }
 }

songbook.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ fonts:
   title:     { family: "Helvetica", size: 14 }
   metadata:  { family: "Helvetica", size: 8 }
   toc:       { family: "Helvetica", size: 9 }
+  # To use a custom font file (e.g. Fraktur/Blackletter for titles):
+  # title:   { file: "./fonts/FrakturFont.ttf", size: 16 }
+  # The file path is relative to the project directory.
+  # Supported formats: .ttf, .otf
+  # Custom fonts are embedded in the PDF and support Unicode (including umlauts).
 
 layout:
   margins: { top: 15, bottom: 15, inner: 20, outer: 12 }