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* Select a font and a font size | * Select a font and a font size | ||
* Select one or more character subsets | * Select one or more character subsets | ||
* Choose "Proportional" flag if needed (and if supported by your runtime) | * Choose "Proportional" flag if needed (and if supported by your runtime); otherwise the font will be monospaced (fixed width) | ||
* Choose "Embedded map" flag if needed | * Choose "Embedded map" flag if required (this is needed by some targets to save RAM usage) | ||
* Choose appropriate W and H (width and height) fields, until all characters are propertly centered (yellow boxes should not be present) | * Choose appropriate W and H (width and height) fields, until all characters are propertly centered (yellow boxes should not be present) | ||
* Go to "IEC generator" tab, and click "From generator" | * Go to "IEC generator" tab, and click "From generator" | ||
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The .PLF file (that is a textual file) will be then converted into .PLK font (that is an optimized binary file); if you want to put your new font inside your catalog for distribution, it is better to put directly the .PLK file. | The .PLF file (that is a textual file) will be then converted into .PLK font (that is an optimized binary file); if you want to put your new font inside your catalog for distribution, it is better to put directly the .PLK file. | ||
You can download the latest version [http://www.axelsw.it/pwiki/pub/IECFontDesigner/IECFontDesigner_2.7.0.zip here] | |||
[[Category:PageLab]] | [[Category:PageLab]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:06, 21 April 2020
The "IEC Font Designer" tool can be used to generate fonts in a format suitable for use inside PageLab.
Basic usage instructions:
- Select a font and a font size
- Select one or more character subsets
- Choose "Proportional" flag if needed (and if supported by your runtime); otherwise the font will be monospaced (fixed width)
- Choose "Embedded map" flag if required (this is needed by some targets to save RAM usage)
- Choose appropriate W and H (width and height) fields, until all characters are propertly centered (yellow boxes should not be present)
- Go to "IEC generator" tab, and click "From generator"
- Then click "Save" (it is recommended to leave the default file name as proposed)
It is now possible to import the generated .PLF file inside your PageLab project.
The .PLF file (that is a textual file) will be then converted into .PLK font (that is an optimized binary file); if you want to put your new font inside your catalog for distribution, it is better to put directly the .PLK file.
You can download the latest version here