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What is MikroElektronika GLCD Font Creator? MikroElektronika GLCD Font Creator is a tool to draw fonts and export them for MikroElektronika compilers.
Can I import the installed fonts on my PC? Yes, you can create fonts using the funtionnality : "New Project : By Importing System Font".
What are all the compilers supported for export? Actually, the supported compilers are ALL MikroElektronika Pro compilers, mikroBasic PRO, mikroPascal PRO, mikroC PRO, for PIC, PIC32, dsPIC30/30 and PIC24, AVR and 8051.
There are some useless white space above the characters, how to remove it? It's easy. You can delete blanks on chars using Delete Row or Column function from any side of your chars. You can also use Automatic Optimisation Dialog to let GLCD Font Creator automatically do it for you.
Can I create fonts with variable chars width? Yes of course. But in design time, all chars are the same width. At EXPORT TIME you can choose to export your fonts in FIXED font width or in PROPORTIONAL font width (in this later case, jump tables are automatically computed and inserted in generated source code).
What is XGlcd Library? In mikroBasic, mikroPascal and mikroC, GLCD Lib is the library that let users draw and paint on graphics LCD. This library is limited to painting texts on pages, i.e. on positions multiple of 8 pixels. This limitation is due to the hardware configuration of physical GLCDs. The second limitation is the fact that this lib is limited to fonts with a maximum of 8 pixels height. XGlcd Lib is breaks all these limitations. It's a wrapper arround MikroElektronika GLCD Lib. It let you draw fonts of any height at any pixel position on GLCDs.
When I use the XGlcd Lib the compiler also links the GLCD lib from MikroElekronika? Yes, the XGlcd Lib is just a wrapper arround MikroElektronika GLCD Lib. A new rewrite of the full XGLCD lib is planned in order to improve its performances and make it at higher level of abstraction (no more hassle with managing physical pages and sides of GLCD).
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