extra language library library pack

[lianli34312]

I am currently using 0.96" OLED for Moode. But it shows "???" when dealing with japanese/chinese songs. It there any solutions to add extra language library library pack?

[dhrone]

Yes. Just use a Truetype font that contains the glyphs you want to use. Those are specific in the pages file within the TRUETYPE_FONTS section.

[lianli34312]

Yes. Just use a Truetype font that contains the glyphs you want to use. Those are specific in the pages file within the TRUETYPE_FONTS section.

So I download a font format in .ttf format, how can I upload to pydPiper? After I change the TRUETYPE_FONTS, What I do is just simply reboot and the font will work or I need any extra compile for pydPiper?

Thanks !

[dhrone]

Do you mean upload to the RaspberryPi that you are running pydPiper on or where do you need to place the file within the file system?

If the later, it is distribution dependent. However, you can always specify the complete path and place the file anywhere you want.

Example:

(within pages file)

TRUETYPE_FONTS = { 'DejaVuSans28': { 'file':'/home/pydPiper/fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf', 'size':28 } }

[lianli34312]

FONTS = { 'small': { 'default':True, 'file':'latin1_5x8.fnt','size':(10,16) },

'large': { 'file':'BigFont_10x16.fnt', 'size':(20,30) },

'large': { 'file':'Vintl01_10x16.fnt', 'size':(20,30) },
'tiny': { 'file':'upperasciiwide_3x5_fixed.fnt', 'size':(5,5) },

}

TRUETYPE_FONTS = { 'iming28': { 'file':'/home/pi/pydPiper/ttf/iming.ttf', 'size':28 } }

Still didn't work. Do I need to change the code inside FONTS also?

[dhrone]

No. Truetype fonts are only specified within the TRUETYPE_FONTS section of the pages file. You do need to make sure that you are specifying the fonts you define within the TRUETYPE_FONTS section within the widgets section as well...

TRUETYPE_FONTS = {
  'ttsmall': { 'file':'/home/pi/pydPiper/ttf/iming.ttf', 'size':8 }
  'ttlarge': { 'file':'/home/pi/pydPiper/ttf/iming.ttf', 'size':12 }
}

WIDGETS {
    'artist': { 'type':'ttext', 'format':'{0}', 'variables':['artist'], 'font':'ttlarge','varwidth':True,'effect':('scroll','left',1,1,20,'onloop',3,125)},
    'title': { 'type':'ttext', 'format':'{0}', 'variables':['title'], 'font':'ttsmall','varwidth':True,'effect':('scroll','left',1,1,20,'onloop',3,125)},
}

Notice that the type for the widgets that are using the truetype font are ttext, not text which is used for the low resolution fonts necessary for typical LCD displays.