{"id":507,"date":"2016-11-15T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T14:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2022-04-02T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T10:15:01","slug":"import-system-chars-into-the-font-editor-of-bitmap2lcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/import-system-chars-into-the-font-editor-of-bitmap2lcd\/","title":{"rendered":"Import System Chars into the Font Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>Bitmap2LCD is a tool for programming small Graphic LCDs in embedded systems.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Import System Chars into the Font Editor<\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Update V3.7e &#8211; V3.8z\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Standard Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/create-a-freely-editable-font-for-glcd-from-a-system-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Version V3.9 watch this video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ Editable Fonts : up to 256 colors ]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-font-menu\" width=\"1121\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1.png 1121w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1-768x117.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1-1024x156.png 1024w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bitmap2lcd-GLCD-Font-Menu-1-624x95.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how we can export selected characters\u00a0out of a Windows System\u00a0font into the <strong>Font Editor<\/strong> of Bitmap2LCD :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a GLCD Font Script\u00a0by clicking\u00a0the Main menu item or the Font Panel Button (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>blue arrow<\/em><\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Choose a Font Name and define its size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2476\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-editable-font_1\" width=\"936\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1.png 936w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_1-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the &#8220;<strong>Ascii Grid<\/strong>&#8220;, select\u00a0the chars you want to export, here\u00a0for example\u00a0<strong>A<\/strong>,<strong> B<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>C <\/strong><em>\u00a0(red arrow)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In the menu,\u00a0click on\u00a0item &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Start-editable-font.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Start-editable-font.bmp\" alt=\"Start editable font\" \/><\/a> <strong>Export &gt; Editable<\/strong> (Translate LCD Font Script to an Editable Font<strong>&#8220;<\/strong> <em>(<strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">green arrow<\/span><\/strong>)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-editable-font_2\" width=\"936\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2.png 936w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_2-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;editable font&#8221; has been created. It is an Editable Font File (EFF)\u00a0and an associated\u00a0GIF file, which is the catalogue of char bitmaps. Both\u00a0files are located in the <strong>Fonts<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quit Font Script Creator mode and Open editable (<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>orange Arrow<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2478\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-editable-font_3\" width=\"936\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3.png 936w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_3-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this example, the selected font name and font size were <strong>Aria Unicode MS<\/strong> and 2<strong>0<\/strong>,\u00a0in this case\u00a0the filename of the file will be <strong>Arial Unicode MS_20Editable_Font.EFF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-editable-font_4\" width=\"936\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2.png 936w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_4-2-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The patterns of theses 3 chars (<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>green Arrow<span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">can now be<\/span> freely edited.<\/p>\n<h1>Example 2<\/h1>\n<p>In the first example above, the height of the chars is 25 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we want to limit the Size of chars in <strong>Height<\/strong> and in <strong>Width<\/strong> and export a F<strong>ixed<\/strong> Size Font.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the first 3 Parameters (<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>purple arrow<\/strong><\/span>) and you will see a <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">red frame<\/span><\/strong> in the char View (<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>green arrow<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Export To editable (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>blue arrow<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2486\" src=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5.png\" alt=\"bitmap2lcd-editable-font_5\" width=\"936\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5.png 936w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bitmap2lcd-Editable-Font_5-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 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