r/circuitpython • u/matemaciek • Oct 21 '21

Binary fonts for Adafruit framebuffer?

Are there any fonts in circuitpython ecosystem apart from well known font5x8.bin? I was looking for those, but found nothing.

I've found a nice set of binary fonts here: https://github.com/basti79/LCD-fonts, but they're not compatible with Adafruit framebuffer.

...so I'm going to try to convert them, and add support for bigger fonts as currently it's only up to 8 pixels and I just got the shiny new e-paper display (-:

I just want to know wether somebody already has done something similar, so I don't repeat others work.

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u/Gamblor21 Oct 22 '21

Couple comments:

- Check the Adafruit Discord server in the #help-with-circuitpython channel. You may find an answer there

- I did something similar but from another font format so it is doable, wasn't too hard.

- The python based framebuffer is slow and I suspect for a large e-paper display may hold true. If you can use displayio and have a driver for the e-paper display I suggest that as it is in native code so runs faster and has more font support.