font generator - Bitmap2LCD Software Tool Blog :: about GLCD displays and Programming

( from Version 3.8G build 8 )

1. Enter Font Script Mode

2. Select the chars, here from 0 to 9 ( green arrow )

3. Shift the whole Font up to eliminate white pixel lines ( blue arrow )

4. Specify Max Height in the Parameters ( red arrow )

-> This example is for horizontal data direction, see the bar with buttons with arrows on screenshot below !

5. Set One Line Array Parameter to True ( purple arrow )

6. Click Export Font To data button

In the output file, data array for each char takes one single line ( orange arrow )

( in this example, it is a 16 bit data array format )

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Convert a range of unicode chars for GLCD Font

Obsolete article, only for previous versions < V3.7

Another way to convert unicode chars by defining a range of them:

Enter font script mode
Enter Range Mode (yellow arrow)
If necessary, erase the from Hex and to Hex addresses with the clr button
Select Range Start in the char grid (red arrow), address appears in From Hex (blue Arrow)
Select Range End the same way in the char grid -> To Hex
Then Validate Address (blue arrow)
Encode the Font Range (orange Arrow)