Unicode Range - Bitmap2LCD Software Tool Blog :: about GLCD displays and Programming

Bitmap2LCD is a tool for programming small Graphic LCDs in embedded systems and a programmable graphic and text processing tool.

For Unicode fonts :

Export a List of single Char Addresses and/or Ranges of chars to Data

Standard + Extended Edition

( V4.9b )

Load a text file of a list of International Characters as a List of Hex Addresses or Address Ranges and export to Data in a single run.

Example of a mixed list of Unicode char addresses and ranges of addresses

0x0020-0x002F
0x0A96
0x0070-0x007F
0x0180-0x018f
0x03A8

Input Format : A single Unicode Char Address per line

Example : 0x0150 ( Or $0150 )

Input Format : A range of Unicode Chars Addresses per line

Example : 0x0150-0x155 ( with ‘-‘ as separator )

Font panel -> Select Unicode, then Create/Load Font

2. Menu Unicode List / Load List of Unicode Chars button

3. Load the text file and export the data

4. Processing export to data…

Bitmap2LCD is a tool for programming small Graphic LCDs in embedded systems and a programmable graphic and text processing tool.

Bitmap2LCD :: Generate International Fonts / Characters

Standard Edition Update V3.7c

There are different ways to select the Unicode characters to generate GLCD Font data.

Enter Font Script Mode ( in the GLCD Font Main Menu ) , select the Unicode mode , the font, the font Size and Unicode Block.
Select the Chars to export with the mouse inside the grid ( Are selected = Teal Color )
Generate Data

way to generate GLCD Fonts, for example when more than 256 Chars :

Enter Font Script Mode ( in the GLCD Font Main Menu ) , select the Unicode mode , the font, the font Size and Unicode Block.
Enable the Address Range Selection (red Arrow)
Enter the Start and End Hexadecimal Addresses ( From Hex and To Hex )
Generate Data

Then read the font script (see below) for the other settings to be defined first to generate Font Data : The data orientation, the endianness, the Font Size, if fixed or variable length etc…