> Can anyone explain why things work this way?
Let me try :-).
The formula (in lcd-16bit.c)
lcd_getstringsize(str, &w, &h);
xpos = xmargin + x*w / utf8length(str);
ypos = ymargin + y*h;
seems to be a way of trying to come up with an average character cell
width the display. However, it's going to vary widely for different
strings. Perhaps a better formula would be
struct font *f = font_get(curfont);
xpos = xmargin + x * f->maxwidth;
ypos = ymargin + y * f->height;
This would be a more faithful replication of a character-cell layout.
Bill
