Font Editor

Overview

The font editor is used to select fonts for gauges from either gauge properties Standard Gauge Properties or the Unique Fonts Dialog.

Options

Font Type

If the display supports vector fonts then the font type will be available. See Font Types .

Bitmap

If selected, the font will be converted to a monochrome bitmap (rasterized) for use by the display.

Vector

If selected, the font file (outlines) will be sent to the display without rasterization. This allows the display to render different sizes from the same font data and antialias (smooth) the outlines.

Bitmap Font

Available fonts are listed. Select an item from the list to change the font face and adjust the size.

Use the Italic and buttons to change the font style.

Offset / Crop

For bitmap fonts, the character cropping rectangle may be adjusted using the cropping options. It can be useful to display the font table when adjusting the cropping options.

Cropping the font can be useful to reduce the memory usage for bitmap fonts and also when fonts do not report accurate bounding rectangles.

Optimize

Click the optimize button to optimize the cropping rectangle based upon used pixels used by all characters in the font table.

Warning

The set of characters included in the font can change if text within the setup is changed, which could result in unintended clipping of some characters.

Rendering

Monochrome Threshold

Threshold at which anti-aliased pixels are converted to monochrome (1...255). If 0, then the default value is used (170).

Use Legacy Font Mapping

Use same font-mapping scheme as in version 1 software.

Use Clear Type

Use ClearType rendering prior to conversion to monochrome.

Bitmap Font Preview

Emulate Display

Emulate display rendering in the preview.

Show Font Table

Preview the generated font table with cropping cell outlines.

This can be useful for checking that all characters will be fully rendered, particularly if adjusting cropping:

Vector Font

Vector fonts may be added to the setup by adding TTF (TrueType) files to the setup. The TTF files are stored directly in the setup file.

Select an item from the list to apply that font to the gauge.

Adding Vector Fonts

Use the Add button to select a TTF file from disk.

Adding fonts will not change the set of fonts installed on your PC for use by other applications.

Warning

Different fonts have different licensing restrictions. You must confirm the license for each font added to the setup and ensure that you are complying with the license by using the font in your setup.

Removing Vector Fonts

Use the Delete button to remove any fonts that are no longer required.

Vector Font Size

Adjust Size to select a font size for the gauge. With vector fonts, multiple sizes can be used at once for the same font data on different gauges.

Vector Font Offset

Adjust Offset to offset the rendering position of the font. This is rarely required but can be useful in cases where the rendering origin for the font is not in the correct position.