Fonts for GLCD

[dyeatman]

I am working on a pretty extensive CCS based GLCD and Touch screen code project. I am needing some additional GLCD font definitions for inclusion in my code but, since I only need a few fonts, I would prefer not to purchase an entire font creation package (like Font Creator). Anyone got any ideas short of me hand creating them?

Dave

[rberek]

I recently generated some fonts for a KS0108 GLCD (specifically, the digits 0-9). I used PhotoShop and selected a font I liked, then created a new image for each digit. I reduced the image size to the correct aspect ratio and number of pixels for each digit (in my case 16x32) and saved it as a .bmp file.

I then used a freeware program called LCD Assistant which takes the bitmap and saves it as an appropriate byte array for the KS0108 controller, which was easily used in the C program.

It may not be the slickest process, but I used what I had access to, and I did this during two back-to-back reruns of "King of Queens", so it wasn't too time consuming. Might be more painful if I had dozens of fonts to process.

r.b.

[dyeatman]

rberek,
Thanks for the ref to LCD assistant. It seems be a good way to convert the bitmaps and works well for that. Not ideal but definitely something that works in a pinch.

Dave

[treitmey]

I have used this program called fongen
Some modification are needed for ccs.
Fonts scale to "any" size.
rotate flip mirror.
can do graphics too.
http://www.8052.com/users/bahrio/fontgen.phtml

[octal]

you can use GLCD Font Creator http://www.pocketmt.com

Regards
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http://www.pocketmt.com the GLCD Font Creator home

[dyeatman]

I'll have to figure out the best way to go from here with all my options.
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!

[Bernaco]

A software tool for converting images to graphic LCD and creating fonts for GLCD, please check bitmap2LCD

http://bitmap2lcd.com

I hope this helps !