> EdorFaus wrote: > > Is there any reason *not* to use UTF-8, and only UTF-8, on the device? > > I don't see any. For prototyping, I'd just stick with ASCII and > worry about the multilingual details later. >
Agree with that. Sticking to basic ascii is the easiest way to start. > > > I assume the simplest to implement would be a basic bitmap font, but > > then we'd probably have to convert some other font to that format, > > Yeah. We can use a nice big fast PC for that :) > > Curious about this, I search for something already invented, and find a nice program[1] (windows only, linux needs mono). Also I find a post about this tool combined with a kerning table[2] that produces a nice looking result. [1]: http://www.pavius.net/2009/07/the-dot-factory-an-lcd-font-and-image-generator/ [2]: http://guy.carpenter.id.au/gaugette/2012/11/11/font-support-for-ssd1306/
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