{"id":2050,"date":"2016-10-27T08:57:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2016-11-08T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T10:43:31","slug":"bitmap2lcd-info-about-the-system-font-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/bitmap2lcd-info-about-the-system-font-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitmap2LCD : Info About The System Font Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Info About the System Font Generator
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Standard Edition<\/span><\/p>\n

Update V3.7c<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bitmap2LCD is a software tool for programming small Graphic LCDs in embedded systems and a programmable text and graphic processing tool.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bitmap2lcd generates GLCD FONTS<\/strong> from UNICODE<\/strong> and ANSI SYSTEM FONTS<\/strong>\u00a0 ( fonts currently installed in Windows <\/em>) and from EDITABLE FONTS,<\/strong> chars and symbols you can create yourself. Chars of a System Font can be exported to EDITABLE FONTS to be freely editable.<\/p>\n

Font Chars can also be stretched<\/a><\/strong>. ( See below, the panel above the displayed Character A )<\/p>\n

Info about Fonts in Bitmap2LCD<\/a><\/p>\n

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To Generate GLCD Font , ENTER<\/strong> and QUIT<\/strong> the Font Creation Mode, click the following buttons or the associated main menu items :<\/p>\n

\"fontw\"<\/a> Reload \/ Create Font Script<\/p>\n

\"exiz\"<\/a> Exit<\/strong> Special Mode<\/strong> > Exit<\/strong> Font Script<\/p>\n

\"Start\"<\/a> Generate the GLCD FONT DATA<\/strong> as defined in the FONT SCRIPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"bitmap2lcd-font-generator\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"bitmap2lcd-variable-and-fixed-fonts\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fig 1. At the left side, the FONT PANEL <\/strong>and and the right side, the FONT SCRIPT <\/strong>located in one of the TEXT EDITORS
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Blue<\/span> arrow<\/span><\/strong> : <\/span><\/span>The FONT SCRIPT <\/strong>is NOT<\/strong> a directly editable script. The purple Parameters displayed\u00a0 are defined with all the other arrows shown on the above screenshot.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yellow Arrow : <\/strong>Select the SYSTEM Font , <\/strong>the Font Size, ANSI or UNICODE Chars <\/strong>( script<\/strong> > Font Script Filename, Type, Name and Size<\/em> )<\/p>\n

Orange<\/span> Arrow<\/strong>: Select the chars to generate in the ASCII<\/span> Grid. Selected Chars are displayed in Color Aqua Blue. To clear all the selected chars in one click, click the Aqua Blue <Clr><\/strong> button in the bar of icons. ( script<\/strong> > Selected Chars List<\/em> )<\/p>\n

Red<\/span> Arrow<\/strong>: Font Height and Width limitations. A the right side, you can c<\/strong>hange from FIXED<\/strong> to VARIABLE<\/strong> LENGTH<\/strong> FONT. ( script > Font Size )<\/p>\n

Green<\/span> Arrow<\/strong>: Here you can move and frame all the chars in four directions. ( script<\/strong> > Font Size<\/em> )<\/p>\n

Purple<\/span> Arrow<\/strong>: Here You select the direction of the GLCD Font data ( script<\/strong> > Font Orientation\u00a0<\/em> )<\/p>\n

FONT SCRIPTS<\/strong> (blue<\/strong> arrow) are saved to disk as [.FSC]<\/strong> files, and can easily be reloaded from inside the FILE EXPLORER (fig 2.). <\/strong>There’s a dedicated FONTS Folder (red arrow) . <\/strong>The font files there are filtered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Example of Generated GLCD DATA for monochrome Display (Fixed Length 5×7 Font, Vertical Data Output)<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\/* @ 0 Char:’A’ Width in bits :5 *\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

0x20,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* __#_____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x50,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* _#_#____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x50,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* _#_#____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x70,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* _###____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x88,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* #___#___ *\/<\/p>\n

0x88,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* #___#___ *\/<\/p>\n

0x00,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* ________ *\/<\/p>\n

\/* @ 7 Char:’B’ Width in bits :5 *\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

0xE0,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* ###_____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x90,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* #__#____ *\/<\/p>\n

0xE0,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* ###_____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x90,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* #__#____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x90,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* #__#____ *\/<\/p>\n

0xE0,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* ###_____ *\/<\/p>\n

0x00,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/* ________ *\/<\/p>\n\t

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