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A font object is represented on the stack as '' | A font object is represented on the stack as '' | ||
- | To install | + | The installation of a font on the system |
**newRPL** already provides 11 system fonts which are always available and can't be uninstalled. Smaller sizes are suited for soft keys, while larger sizes are preferable for stack display; however nothing prevents using large sizes for soft keys and small sizes for stack display. | **newRPL** already provides 11 system fonts which are always available and can't be uninstalled. Smaller sizes are suited for soft keys, while larger sizes are preferable for stack display; however nothing prevents using large sizes for soft keys and small sizes for stack display. | ||
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- | ==== Building user-defined fonts ==== | ||
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- | To build a custom font is not difficult at all. Necessary tools are: | ||
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- | - a graphic editor capable of saving images in .bmp format (monochrome or 256-color) to draw the glyphs; | ||
- | - a text file providing the association between the glyphs and Unicode code points; | ||
- | - the '' | ||
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- | FIXME |