Application Note
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FT800 Custom User Font
Implementation
Version 1.1
Issue Date: 2015-09-29
This application note describes how to create user-defined fonts and utilize
them with the FT8xx series of devices. This allows different font styles,
languages and special characters to be used within the application.
Use of FTDI devices in life support and/or safety applications is entirely at the user’s risk, and the
user agrees to defend, indemnify and hold FTDI harmless from any and all damages, claims, suits
or expense resulting from such use.
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................. 2
1.1 Scope ..................................................................................2
1.2 Software Required...............................................................2
1.3 Hardware Required .............................................................2
1.4 Limitations of Fnt_cvt.exe ...................................................2
2 Introducing the Font converter utility ....................... 3
2.1 Output files .........................................................................3
2.2 Commands ..........................................................................3
3 Operational flow of font conversion ........................... 5
3.1 Make a source text file ........................................................5
3.2 Converting font by fnt_cvt.exe ............................................7
4 Example Code ............................................................ 9
4.1 Example of displaying a Custom Font ..................................9
4.2 An example of setfont2 ..................................................... 11
5 Conclusion ............................................................... 12
6 Contact Information ................................................ 13
Appendix A – References ............................................. 14
Document References ............................................................... 14
Acronyms and Abbreviations..................................................... 14
Appendix B – List of Tables & Figures .......................... 15
List of Tables............................................................................. 15
List of Figures ........................................................................... 15
Appendix C – Revision History ..................................... 16
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1 Introduction
This application note describes how to create and utilize user-defined fonts with the FT8xx Series.
The raw font data is loaded into the graphics RAM of the FT8xx by the host and can then be used
via the FT8xx’s internal font table in a similar manner to the built-in fonts.
1.1 Scope
This document shows how to generate raw data from a user-defined font with FTDI’s font
converter utility http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm#EVEFontConverter on a Windows
PC, and shows how to add the raw data to the font table of the FT8xx. Example code is also
provided to explain how to output the user-defined characters on a display.
1.2 Software Required
Microsoft Visual Studio with Visual C++ 2010, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft
website.
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx
Fnt_cvt.exe EVE font converter utility provided by FTDI. It can be downloaded from
following link.
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm#EVEFontConverter
FTDI D2XX driver, which can be downloaded from FTDI’s website.
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm
1.3 Hardware Required
PC with Windows 7 OS or later installed.
FT8xx Series development module with LCD panel e.g. VM800B, VM800C, VM801B or
VM810C50A-D.
FTDI MPSSE adapter (e.g. C232HM-DDHSL-0 cable or VA800A-SPI module)
1.4 Limitations of Fnt_cvt.exe
Only non-cursive fonts are supported
Bitmap handle 0 to 14 can be used for user-defined fonts
Bitmap handle 15 is a scratch bitmap handle for CMD_GRADIENT, CMD_BUTTON and
CMD_KEYS commands. If the aforementioned commands are not being used in the Display
List then the bitmap handle can also be used for the user-defined fonts. NOTE: FT81x has
the ability to redefine the scratch bitmap handle to a different bitmap handle but the
default is still 15
A maximum of 127 characters can be saved in a font table, index 0 is reserved.
A source text file must be saved in UTF-8 format.
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2 Introducing the Font converter utility
Fnt_cvt.exe is the utility which runs on Windows and extracts characters from the font file into a
specified point size, FT8xx Series metric block, and raw bitmap data. The characters to be
converted must be specified in a UTF-8 encoding file or ASCII printable code set from 32 to 126.
2.1 Output files
The EVE font conversion utility will generate the metric block file as well as L1, L2 (FT81x only), L4,
L8 format bitmap data. The output is a 148byte metric block appended with the variable size raw
bitmap data.
The output data of this utility is prepared for 1 bitmap handle of the FT8xx Series.
The EVE font conversion utility will generate three files as follows in each of the L1, L2 (FT81x
only), L4 and L8 folders.
•
*.raw: The binary format of the converted file, which can be downloaded into FT8xx graphics
memory directly with the BITMAPS command.
•
*.rawh: The header file of the converted file, which is in text representation. The programmer
can include this file into their program and build it into the final binary.
•
*.rtf: The file defining the character and index mapping relationship.
The following table shows the format of font metric block
Address
p+0
p + 128
Size
128
4
p
p
p
p
4
4
4
4
+
+
+
+
132
136
140
144
Value
width of each font character, in pixels
font bitmap format, for example L1, L2(FT81x only), L4 or
L8
font line stride, in bytes
font width, in pixels
font height, in pixels
pointer to font graphic data in memory
Table 2.1 Format of font metric block
2.2 Commands
The command format of the conversion utility is:
fnt_cvt.exe -i TrueTypeFontFile -s pointsize [-u utf8_file]|[-a]|[-c Optional_argument] [-d
FT8xx_address]
Arguments list:
'-i' : Mandatory argument. The input file shall be a true type font file(*.ttf,*.ttc) located in the
same folder as the utility, otherwise fnt_cvt.exe will search the windows system font directory for
the font file.
'-s' : Optional argument. The width in pixels of font characters to be converted. If this argument is
not present, the size is assumed to be 12.
'-u' : Mandatory argument if the input file is encoding in UTF-8. The utf8_file specifies the file
name. Fnt_cvt.exe will read this file and convert the characters in this file. Users can copy the
characters to be converted into this file and ensure the file encoded with UTF-8. The numbers of
characters shall be no more than 127.
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'-a': Mandatory argument if users want to convert the ASCII printable character set, i.e. from 32
to 126. There is no input file required.
'-d': Optional argument. This argument defines the start address of the metric block in the FT8xx
Series RAM_G. If it is not present, fnt_cvt.exe will assume RAM_G is the starting address. Because
the bitmap raw data follows the metric block, the raw bitmap data address is starting from
FT8xx_address + 148.
'-c': Optional argument. Valid options are:
setfont
Generate FT80x compatible font metric table, the default option.
setfont2
Generate FT81x compatible font metric table for Cmd_Setfont2 command.
A subset of the printable ASCII characters can be specified in the input file
for -u or -t arguments. NOTE: the generated files with this option are not
compatible with FT80x.
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3 Operational flow of font conversion
The operation steps are shown in this chapter, Windows 7 is used for this example.
3.1 Make a source text file
To make a source text file, it is not enough to simply key in characters in a text editor. The font
type should be selected from the font table to make sure those characters show on the LCD as
expected.
a.
Select Control Panel -> All Control Panel items -> Fonts window in PC, and all the fonts
installed are showed in the window.
Figure 3-1 Font window
b.
Click "Find a character" in the left menu to pop up the Character Map window.
c.
Select a Chinese font from its drop down box. Here the FangSong font is selected as an
example for Chinese font display.
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Figure 3-2 Character Map
d.
Select characters in this window. Here the standard and extended ASCII characters, and
some Chinese characters are selected as an example.
e.
Select character "%" and click button "Select", then repeat this action for the next
couple characters, or type the characters in the “characters to copy” box directly. The
whole string in this example is "%9Mauéǒ Ηγψ 中文字與特殊符號顯示範例".
Figure 3-3 Character Map
f.
g.
Click "Copy" button to finish it.
open a text editor such as NotePad, and paste those characters into it.
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Figure 3-4 Text editor Notepad
h.
Click File -> Save, to save the file as a .txt file, and select encoding as UTF-8.
Test_ASCII.txt is the name of this example text file.
Figure 3-5 Window of Save text file
3.2 Converting font by fnt_cvt.exe
The text file should be converted into a raw or rawh file for loading into the RAM font table of the
FT8xx for display. The operational flow is shown in this chapter.
a.
b.
c.
Execute cmd.exe to open a DOS command window
Enter the folder which contains EVE’s font utility, it is D:\Font> in this example.
Type the command fnt_cvt –i simfang.ttf –u Test_ASCII.txt –s 40 –d 1000
The usage of parameters for this command can be found in chapter 2.2. simfang.ttf is the file
name of font Fangsong, pixel size 40 and the start address of font is 1000 in this example.
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Figure 3-6 Execute fnt_cvt command
d.
If successful, a folder named “simfang_Test_ASCII.txt40” is created, and there are 4 sub
folders L1, L2 (FT81x only), L4 and L8 inside, which contain 4 kinds of raw bitmap data. Those
raw format files are now ready for use with the FT8xx Series.
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4 Example Code
4.1 Example of displaying a Custom Font
This example shows the use of CMD_SETFONT to display the font created above.
a.
Copy data from rawh file and paste into buffer
FT_PROGMEM ft_prog_uchar8_t SAMApp_ShowCustomFont_MetricBlock[148] =
{
/*Command Line: fnt_cvt.exe-i simfang.ttf -u Test_ASCII.txt -s 40 -d 1000*/
/*22 characters has been converted */
/* 148 Metric Block Begin +++ */
/*('file properties ', 'format ', 'L8', ' stride ', 36, ' width ', 36, 'height', 46)*/
/* Widths */
0,20,20,20,20,20,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
/* Format */
3,0,0,0,
/* Stride */
36,0,0,0,
/* Max Width */
36,0,0,0,
/* Max Height */
46,0,0,0,
/* Raw Data Address in Decimal: <-508> */
4,254,255,255,
/* 148 Metric Block End --- */
};
b.
Copy raw data of custom font from rawh file and paste to following buffer
FT_PROGMEM ft_prog_uchar8_t SAMApp_ShowCustomFont_FontBmpData[36432] =
{
/*Bitmap Raw Data begin +++*/
/*The expected raw bitmap size is 36432 Bytes */
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,206,
253,215,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,167,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,49,247,150,27,100,251,69,0,0,0,0,0,29,252,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,200,228,5,0,0,188,216,2,0,0,0,0,132,194,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,255,157,0,0,0,130,255,62,0,0,0,5,231,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,112,255,118,0,0,0,99,255,127,0,0,0,87,231,5,0,0,0,0,0,
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0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,151,255,98,0,0,0,82,255,166,0,0,0,193,129,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,168,255,91,0,0,0,75,255,183,0,0,43,
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};
c.
Create sample code to show custom font
ft_void_t SAMAPP_ShowCustomFont()
{
ft_prog_uchar8_t *special;
unsigned char i=0;
//load font data into memory
Ft_Gpu_Hal_WrMemFromFlash(phost, RAM_G + 1000, SAMApp_ShowCustomFont_MetricBlock, 148);
Ft_Gpu_Hal_WrMemFromFlash(phost, RAM_G + 1000 + 148, SAMApp_ShowCustomFont_FontBmpData,
36432);
//start command
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Dlstart(phost);
//set the background to white color
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,CLEAR_COLOR_RGB(255,255,255));
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,CLEAR(1,1,1));
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,BEGIN(BITMAPS));
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,COLOR_RGB(255,0,0));//configure text as red color
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,BITMAP_HANDLE(6));//assign bitmap handle 6 as custom font
table
//parameter value of below commands can be found in SAMApp_ShowCustomFont_MetricBlock[]
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,BITMAP_SOURCE(-508));// 1000 - (stride*height) + 148
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,BITMAP_LAYOUT(L8,36,46));
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,BITMAP_SIZE(NEAREST,BORDER,BORDER,36,46));
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_SetFont(phost, 6, RAM_G +1000);
//put custome fonts to the expect X,Y coordinate
//we show those fonts in two rows
for(i=1;i<=10;i++)
{
//show font 1~10 in low 1
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,VERTEX2II(i*36,20,6,i));
//show font 11~20 in low 2
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,VERTEX2II(i*36,56,6,i+10));
}
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,END());
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost,DISPLAY());
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Swap(phost);
/* Download the commands into fifo */
Ft_App_Flush_Co_Buffer(phost);
/* Wait till coprocessor completes the operation */
Ft_Gpu_Hal_WaitCmdfifo_empty(phost);
}
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4.2 An example of setfont2
This example shows the use of the SETFONT2 command.
//simpler method to load RAM font. Use the font conversion utility to convert the desired
subset of the ASCII characters, load font data, and use cmd_setfont2 command.
ft_void_t SAMAPP_CoPro_Setfont2() {
ft_uint16_t fontFileAddress = 100; //the converted font file will have a starting address of
RAM_G or 0th byte mark
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Dlstart(phost);
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, CLEAR(1, 1, 1));
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, COLOR_RGB(255, 255, 255));
SAMAPP_LoadRawFromFile("..\\..\\..\\Test\\Tuffy.ttf_24_L2.raw", fontFileAddress); //load font
data consits of font metric block and font data from the FTDI font conversion utility. The
file has been packaged with the font metric block at the beginning of the font data.
// SAMAPP_LoadRawFromFile("..\\..\\..\\Test\\simfang.raw", fontFileAddress); //load font data
consits of font metric block and font data from the FTDI font conversion utility. The file has
been packaged with the font metric block at the beginning of the font data.
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, BITMAP_HANDLE(1)); //associate to font handle 1
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, BITMAP_SOURCE(fontFileAddress + 148)); //The starting address for
the font file 148 bytes into the font file because the first 148 bytes are font metric
informational block.
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, BITMAP_LAYOUT(L2, 5, 29)); //font stride and height metrics can be
found in the .rawh file
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, BITMAP_SIZE(NEAREST, BORDER, BORDER, 20, 29)); //font width and
height metrics can be found in the .rawh file
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_SetFont2(phost, 1, fontFileAddress, 97); //set ram font to font handle 1, font
metric block starts at fontFileAddress(RAM_G), and set the starting character to the 32th
character in the set.
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)-30, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)-15, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)+15, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)+30, (FT_DispHeight
#elif defined(ARDUINO_PLATFORM) || defined(FT900_PLATFORM)
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)-30, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)-15, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)+15, (FT_DispHeight
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Text(phost, (FT_DispWidth / 2)+30, (FT_DispHeight
/
/
/
/
2)
2)
2)
2)
-
80,
80,
80,
80,
1,
1,
1,
1,
/
/
/
/
2)
2)
2)
2)
-
80,
80,
80,
80,
29,
29,
29,
29,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
OPT_CENTER,
"f");
"t");
"d");
"i");
"f");
"t");
"d");
"i");
Ft_App_WrCoCmd_Buffer(phost, DISPLAY());
Ft_Gpu_CoCmd_Swap(phost);
Ft_App_Flush_Co_Buffer(phost);
Ft_Gpu_Hal_WaitCmdfifo_empty(phost);
SAMAPP_ENABLE_DELAY_VALUE(5000);
}
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5 Conclusion
The test result of the above sample code is shown in the following figure. It is now possible to add
and utilize these characters in a display, which could be needed for applications in specific
regions or markets.
Figure 5-1 Test result of 4-1 sample code
Figure 5-2 Test result of 4-2 sample code
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Appendix A – References
Document References
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Terms
Description
EVE
FTDI’s Embedded Video Engine
LCD
Liquid-Crystal Display, is one type of display device
USB
Universal Serial Bus, a popular I/O interface for electronic peripherals
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AN_277 FT800 Custom User Font Implementation
Version 1.1
Document Reference No.: FT_000939
Clearance No.: FTDI# 368
Appendix B – List of Tables & Figures
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Format of font metric block .................................................................................... 3
List of Figures
Figure 3-1 Font window ....................................................................................................... 5
Figure 3-2 Character Map..................................................................................................... 6
Figure 3-3 Character Map..................................................................................................... 6
Figure 3-4 Text editor Notepad ............................................................................................. 7
Figure 3-5 Window of Save text file ....................................................................................... 7
Figure 3-6 Execute fnt_cvt command .................................................................................... 8
Figure 5-1 Test result of 4-1 sample code ............................................................................ 12
Figure 5-2 Test result of 4-2 sample code ............................................................................ 12
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Appendix C – Revision History
Document Title:
AN_277 FT800 Custom User Font Implementation
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FT_000939
Clearance No.:
FTDI# 368
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2013-11-25
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Add L2 format and setfont for FT81x
2015-09-29
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