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BinaryKits / BinaryKits.Zpl

BinaryKits.Zpl a set of .net libraries. The project supports you in the simple creation of zebra labels. It generates the ZPL data, it is a printer description language from Zebra Technologies. ZPL II is now emulated by many label printers from different manufacturers. So with this implementation you can create labels for most printers.
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Added: Font fallback structure for the default fonts. #217

Closed daanggc closed 5 months ago

daanggc commented 6 months ago

I ran into the same issue as #204; the dockerized environment is missing the required fonts, and getting those there is a pain.

So I made a fallback structure that looks for available fonts in the following order:

For the monospace fonttype it is:

Now you get a close result on most environments. Especially the docker container can profit from this, with the command apt install fonts-roboto you can use Roboto Condensed and that should give this result:

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primo-ppcg commented 6 months ago

This is a good idea. Though, I would change the following:

For the monospace fonttype it is:
+ - DejaVu Sans Mono
  - Courier
  - Courier New
  - System fallback for DejaVu Sans Mono

possibly swapping the order of Courier and Courier New.

daanggc commented 6 months ago

This is a good idea. Though, I would change the following:

For the monospace fonttype it is:
+ - DejaVu Sans Mono
  - Courier
  - Courier New
  - System fallback for DejaVu Sans Mono

possibly swapping the order of Courier and Courier New.

I agree and have updated the code.

daanggc commented 6 months ago

I also added the font install command to the docker file and with the antialiasing from PR #218, the docker container produces this result:

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