Component: gLCD Font Library (Graphical Library) - Revision history

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BenR: /* Custom Fonts */

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Custom Fonts

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Custom Fonts

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BenR: /* Detailed description */

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Detailed description

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 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
-| 19.1
+| 20.0
 |-
 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category
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 , 19.1, 26-10-24, BR, Mod to allow larger space widths to be entered
 , 19.1, 04-11-24, BR, Fixed a bug with the space widths and reapplied the previous method, now with more options
+, 20.0, 17-07-25, BR, Added binary filename property which is pulled from updated index.xml
 ==Detailed description==
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 | colspan="2" | Font picker to decide which font to use on your display.&nbsp;
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 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
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 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 | width="90%" | Bytes Per Column
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 | colspan="2" | &nbsp;

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 , 17.0, 30-08-24, BR, Added watchdog disable to prevent taking too long error message
 , 17.0, 30-08-24, BR, Changed dynamic font file from .txt to .xml to work with dynamic library updates
 ==Detailed description==
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 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 | width="90%" | Embed Font Set
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 | colspan="2" | Specifies whether or not to add an embedded font set into the program memory. Some displays have their own in-built font set and so do not require an additional embedded font.&nbsp;
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 | colspan="2" | Font picker to decide which font to use on your display.&nbsp;
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" | Character Spacing
+| width="90%" | Bytes Required
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Sets the number of blank pixels between each character when printing text. Default 1.&nbsp;
+| colspan="2" | Number of bytes required in program memory to store the selected font.&nbsp;
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" | Space Width
+| width="90%" | Character Spacing
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Sets the number of horizontal pixels used to represent a space character.&nbsp;
+| colspan="2" | Sets the number of blank pixels between each character when printing text.&nbsp;
 |-
 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
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 | colspan="2" | Details if the font has fixed width characters or variable width characters.&nbsp;
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 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
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 | colspan="2" | Details the number of characters available, different fonts may have different characters available.&nbsp;
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 | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]

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 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
-| 19.0
+| 19.1
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 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category

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 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
-| 1.0
+| 19.0
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 | width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category
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 , 1.0, 09-08-24, MW, Added new font size variations
 , 1.0, 12-08-24, BR, Fixed a bug with fonts with more then 65535 bytes per font set
 ==Detailed description==

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   Library Version, Component Version, Date, Author, Info
 , 1.0, 20-06-24, BR, Renamed Number fonts to (Number Only)
 , 1.0, 20-06-24, BR, Added new sizes of Arial and SevenSegment fonts
+, 1.0, 20-06-24, BR, Fixed a bug with fonts with more then 255 bytes per character
+, 1.0, 09-08-24, MW, Added new font size variations
 ==Detailed description==
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 | colspan="2" | ASCII position so A = 'A'&nbsp;
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
+| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 | width="90%" | ByteIndex
 |-

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	To do this you must first download and install the dot factory on your computer.		To do this you must first download and install the dot factory on your computer.
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		+	[[File:TheDotFactory.zip]]

	http://www.eran.io/the-dot-factory-an-lcd-font-and-image-generator/		http://www.eran.io/the-dot-factory-an-lcd-font-and-image-generator/

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 ==gLCD Font Library component==
 A component designed to simplify the task of creating dynamic fonts for use with graphical displays.
 ==Detailed description==

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-Once the software is installed, run the software and click the spanner icon next to the Preset. Configure the software like this.
+Once the software is installed, run the software and click the spanner (wrench) icon next to the Preset. Configure the software like this.
 [[file:DotFactorySettings.jpg]]
 Click Apply and then click the folder next to the Font option to set the font type and size. Click OK when done.

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	In Flowcode point the custom file to the .c file generated by the dot factory.		In Flowcode point the custom file to the .c file generated by the dot factory.
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		+	The new custom font should now simulate and work on embedded hardware. The Flowcode file will need to retain the link to the font .c file so be sure to keep both files when transferring projects.

	==Examples==		==Examples==