Component: gLCD Font Library (Graphical Library)
| Author | Matrix TSL |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Category | Graphical Library |
gLCD Font Library component
A component designed to simplify the task of creating dynamic fonts for use with graphical displays.
Component Source Code
Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_Lib_Fonts.fcfx
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_Lib_Fonts.fcfx
Detailed description
The font component provides a series of bitmap glyphs to the graphical display components and is built into these components.
Each font can be capable of providing a full character set or just a set of numeric characters, these latter being marked with the word Number.
Custom fonts can be created using the Custom option and providing a link to a file generated by a tool called The Dot Factory.
To do this you must first download and install the dot factory on your computer.
http://www.eran.io/the-dot-factory-an-lcd-font-and-image-generator/
Once the software is installed, run the software and click the spanner icon next to the Preset. Configure the software like this.
Examples
No additional examples
Macro reference
ReadASCIILUT
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ReadASCIILUT |
| Gets a single pixel column byte from the selected ASCII character font data. | |
 - BYTE
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Character |
| ASCII position so A = 'A' | |
| - BYTE
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ByteIndex |
| Range: 0 to ((PixelWidth - 1) * BytesPerColumn) | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
ReadFontStat
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ReadFontStat |
| Collects a stat about the selected font | |
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Index |
| 0=SpaceColumns, 1=CharacterHeight | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
ReadWidth
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ReadWidth |
| Gets the width of the ASCII character font data | |
| - BYTE
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Character |
| ASCII position so A = 'A' | |
| - BYTE
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Font Settings |
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Embed Font Set |
| 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. | |
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Font |
| Font picker to decide which font to use on your display. | |
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Character Spacing |
| Sets the number of blank pixels between each character when printing text. Default 1. | |
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Space Width |
| Sets the number of horizontal pixels used to represent a space character. | |
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Width Fixed |
| Details if the font has fixed width characters or variable width characters. | |
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Pixel Width |
| Details the pixel width of the font for fixed width characters. | |
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Pixel Height |
| Details the pixel height of the font. | |
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First Character |
| Details the first printable ASCI character. | |
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Character Count |
| Details the number of characters available, different fonts may have different characters available. | |
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Bytes Per Column |