Load Font
- Open dialog Font via menu "File", "New"
- Choose font and properties
- Confirm by button "Ok"
Select Character Set
ANSI: All letters from 00h to FFh can be loaded and displayed. Control characters or undefined letters are indicated by dummies.Unicode: All visible letters from 0000h to FFFFh can be loaded and displayed.Control characters, undefined letters or letters without a valid width are ignored when loading.
Check/Define Font Label
The font label is composed of font name, style and size.Check label and change if necessary.
Hint: The font label will be deployed in the source code.
Edit Comments and Includes
Add hints, notes or instructions. Check suggested includes and change if necessary.Hint: The text will be inserted below the header in the source code.
Optimize Memory Requirements
All font letters are displayed in the letter table. Target controller memory requirements can be optimized by deleting dispensable letters orcontrol characters.- Select character by mouse
(Multiselection with Shift button pressed) - Delete character via menu "Edit", "Delete" or button Delete
Customize Letters
Letters can be edited in any bitmap editor.- Select letter in character table
- Click on letter preview and copy to clipboard via
menu "Edit", "Copy" or buttons Ctrl+C - Open bitmap editor, eg Microsoft Paint
- Paste letter from clipboard into bitmap editor
- After letter edition is done, copy image from bitmap
editor to clipboard again. - Click on FOMI letter preview and paste back image
from clipboard via menu "Edit", "Paste" or buttons Ctrl+V
Save Changes
Changes are saved via menu "File", "Save" or "Save As...", data type "FOMI Database FDB".The customized letter set is now available for further editing or creating source code data structures.
Generate Source Code
- Open FDB file via menu "File", "Open"
- Choose source code generator: Menu "File", "Create", "Demo File (*.txt)"
- Select directory and enter filename in file dialog "Save As"
and confirm by button "Save"
Letter Set Ordinal Template
Letter set ordinal template files contain a list of letter ordinal values. Imported fonts can easily be optimized by reducing to necessary letters.Create Template
- Open FDB file via menu "File", "Open"
- Create Ordinal Template file via menu "File",
"Save As...", data type "FOMI Ordinal Template FOT"
Apply Template
- Load font via menu "File", "New"
- Open FOT file via menu "File", "Open",
data type "FOMI Ordinal Template FOT"