Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:
"Jim Flanagan" <jf***@tampabay.rr.com> schrieb:
I want to write a small app/tool in vb.net that will allow me to read
in a font file, interpret the data and create a file that could be
used in an led sign system. i.e. convert the font data into a dot
matrix format. I seem to be having problems finding some reasonable
information on the internet as to how interpret the font files and
extract the data. I could use some pointers on how to go about doing
this.
I think it's much simpler to draw the text onto a 'Bitmap' object at
runtime in the desired font and then loop through the pixels of the
bitmap ('GetPixel') to check which LEDs should be turned on.
Thanks... However, what I am after is an effecient way to create a set
of LED fonts which could be imbedded into some firmware that I am
writing. As opposed to individually creating each char/num etc and
writing a code module with this information for compiling/linking, I
wanted to pick a font and then have this module written for subsequent
use. Maybe I could still use your approach to do what I want, however...