Fontx File

[rckanta]

How to convert TTF file to Fontx File?

I want to convert Times New Roman TTF to Fontx file.

[UnHappy]

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[MIS42N]

What is a Fontx File? I've heard of True Type (.ttf) and Open Type (.otf) but not this one.

[T3sl4co1l]

Seems to be an archaic 2-color fixed width bitmap format,
http://elm-chan.org/docs/dosv/fontx_e.html
easy enough to use on an MCU, sure.

There cannot exist a trivial conversion from TTF, a variable width vector format.  Or rather, there could, but it'll likely produce ugly results.  Best bet is probably writing out all the characters you're interested in, adjusting them for spacing and hinting, and using a bitmap font packing tool, or just writing your own as it's simple enough.

Tim

[MIS42N]

A possible method is to type characters into a graphics program set to 2 colours and save the data as bmp. The bmp file has the characters as bit maps, can write a program to rearrange it to fontx format. I tried it and got as far as writing the .bmp file. Type 1 letter per line and crop it to the desired pixel width so it is a column of characters. Looks like it will work.

However, Times New Roman is designed as a proportional font, it looks like Fontx expects a monospaced font. So it won't look right. Plenty of serif monospace fonts to choose from.