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turgu1 / EPub-InkPlate

An EPub Reader for the ESP32 based InkPlate e-Ink devices.
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Dynamically add/remove default fonts? #8

Closed loglow closed 3 years ago

loglow commented 3 years ago

Hello, I'm wondering if it would be possible to dynamically scan the fonts directory so that new fonts can be added without changing the code or reflashing the device? I see that currently the selection of fonts is hard-coded in src/models/fonts.cpp and it would be nice to be able to add new default fonts just by dragging them in. I think requiring the same naming convention ("FontName-Regular", "FontName-Bold", "FontName-Italic", "FontName-BoldItalic") would be fine. I assume that any otf or ttf fonts would already be supported by the software. Thanks and let me know what you think!

turgu1 commented 3 years ago

Hello loglow, that is something I was thinking to add in the next release. It will be a table with up-to-height entries that will appear in the application forms, replacing the default fonts list. I discovered a bug in version 1.3.0 that I've corrected today to be released in v1.3.1 and will look at adding this feature also. I will have to limit the size of those fonts to 50Kbytes as the available memory wouldn't allow using too big font files.

loglow commented 3 years ago

Cool, sounds interesting! Looking forward to trying it out.

turgu1 commented 3 years ago

Release 1.3.1 is now available. Look at the user's guide, section 3.7 for instructions on how to use the feature. Cheers!