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Il tool genera font nel formato compatibile a quello utilizzabile da PageLab
The "IEC Font Designer" tool can be used to generate fonts in a format suitable for use inside PageLab.


Istruzioni base per la generazione:
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)


- Selezionare il font e la sua font size
It is now possible to import the generated .PLF file inside your PageLab project.


- Selezionare i set di caratteri di interesse
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.


- Seleziona il flag proportional (se desiderato e supportato dal runtime)
You can download the latest version [http://www.axelsw.it/pwiki/pub/IECFontDesigner/IECFontDesigner_2.7.0.zip here]


- Seleziona il flag embedded map (se supportato dal runtime)
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- Modificare i campi W e H fino a centrare correttamente i caratteri (devono sparire le caselle gialle)
 
- Passare nel tab IEC generator e cliccare From generator
 
- Quindi fare clic su Save (si consiglia di lasciare il nome del file così come viene proposto)
 
A questo punto è possibile aprire il progetto pagelab e importare il font creato

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

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