Font Tool User Guide - 4D Systems, Australia
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1. Font Tool User Guide Document Date 22 November 2011 Document Revision 02 Abstract This User guide explains Font Tool software in detail Font Tool will assist the user in converting Windows fonts including true type into the Bitmap format required by the 4D display modules CONTENTS INTO 11ain 1o n DNE AE N a ii Start o EERE AAE E E A A estes cect A St T SATA A E o A A EE A E E A E E EAE A E R E A A E A tots Character ODOT OS A A E e eed bob R a i Character Widths xisccs ccs ec airasia aaa aa ai aa A AA i OSEA Eiaa AOE EREET ii AAAA aiii EX POPU A a AT EXDOPE FILE Pest is A A A E A A Aids tee EXPOrt OPtiOns secscaccss ec sccesstceea cee cdlesetesnesbeve sneasatectessdeedacatedectesscvedtennstecuesndvedacetsdecuestevedtessebachessdeecscaneteccesscrededeasendansasstes INTRODUCTION Font Tool is a utility that can assist in converting Windows Fonts into the Bitmap format required by the 4D displays Select the windows font you want to convert and a representation of it is displayed You can change the size and view individual characters to work on the optimal size Since most windows fonts are not designed to be converted into bitmap format Windows smooths fonts using dithering and halftones these techniques are not available in Bitmapped fonts so you will need to manually retouch the fonts you create with FontTool You can modify each character in the font by changing the individual bits in it its position wit2. the right and sometimes to the bottom This does not matter much in the true type world of Windows but is not very pretty and uses a lot of memory in the bitmapped arena DISP Display Initialization Setup Personality which is a Display initialization external tool uses Format 1 GFX2 can handle both output formats Output Format 2 has a copy of all character widths at the front of the table to optimize string width calculations as used in GFX2 Export Options First Character zj Number Characters 224 width 9 gt Height SS Save as Type C 4DGL include C style Header 4D Font File All Output Format 1 Character Width preceeds each character C 2 Same as 1 plus table of Widths after attributes X Cancel Output Format 2 must be selected for string width or character width functions on the GFX2 processor to work properly You may need to experiment with these settings to get the desired results PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The information contained in this document is the property of 4D Systems Pty Ltd and may be the subject of patents pending or granted and must not be copied or disclosed without prior written permission 4D Systems endeavors to ensure that the information in this document is correct and fairly stated but does not accept liability for any error or omission The development of 4D Systems products and services is continuous and published information may not be
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4. dd more fonts User Flash must not exceed 100 when you save the file Font size Character operations Width 22 Height 23 En ER Paste Current location of mouse Measured Width Min 4 Max 22 Mar 7 A 4 M AR O77 Widti 13 Width of character cannot exceed size of Font ASCII code of character if available and Alternate Decimal number Character design cell Click any cell to toggle between White visible and Black Character Operations e Click Copy to copy the current character to the copy buffer e Click Paste to paste the contents of the copy buffer into the current character e Click Reset to replace the current character with its representation from the main window font undo e You can also move the whole character up down right or left within a cell by using arrow keys e After completing the character design click Replace The selected character in the main window will be replaced by edited character Character Widths When a complex Windows font is converted to bitmapped format the widths of each character seem to vary quite a bit from their apparently correct value To change the width select the correct value and click Replace e Inthe example above the width of the character m is 13 pixels the width of the font is 22 pixels e Ifthe character m was printed as a proportional character it would be 13 pixels wide e If the character
5. hin the character space and its width when printed proportionally Once you have produced the font in the format you desire it can be exported in formats compatible with DISP 4DGL includes or C headers The DISP format is also suitable for saving to a uSD card for usage by GFX2 lt Font to Raw Bitmap Converter Font Small Fonts El Export Version 0 1 0 0 Font size Character operations srt pits ze E Width 9 Height 10 Copy EX Paste Measured Width O Reset Min 3 Max 9 4 KA Alt 064 Width 9 gt Startup e Select the font you wish to start with from the Font Combo box e You can change the size of the font by clicking the up and down buttons in the Font Size Panel Due to the nature of windows fonts the height and width of the font may not change by single units or there may be a gap in the quality of the produced font e The rendition of the font on the left hand side of the screen is automatically enlarged or shrunk so it appears in a consistent size to the user It may be harder to view than it really is especially for larger fonts e Click on an individual character to view that character purely as a bitmap on the right hand side The selected character has a green box around it The box may appear to be slightly misplaced this is due to the effects of the automatic resizing and is not an error EDITING By default the G1 header files will have three fonts You can a
6. m was printed as a fixed character font it would be 22 pixels wide It would be shifted to the right 4 pixels floor of 22 13 2 so as to centre it in the character space So you may need to alter the character width even if you only intend using fixed fonts If the character is always centered in the character space just set the character width to the font width if the character is left justified you would usually set the character width to one more than the last column occupied by the character EXPORTING Click Export to export the converted font You can choose to only export part of the font by truncating the font at the right and bottom Export File Types Fonts can be exported as three different file types e A Hfile suitable for use in C e A incfile suitable for use in 4DGL e A 4DFont file suitable for importing into DISP or placing on a uSD card for use by GFX2 Export Options The First Character is usually the space character But you might like to change this for example if you only need the numbers 0 9 or you only need uppercase characters The number of characters defaults to 224 but it is unlikely that you will want all of the special characters or in the case of a font for DISP have enough space to save them all You can change the width and height here this will simply truncate the characters to the right and the bottom Many Windows fonts seem to have excessive white space to
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