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mitchfloyd
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Posted: 03:41am 20 Sep 2024
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Hello, I need to design a 2.8 inch 240 x 320 LCD screen to display a lot of text information but I am having problems with the alignment to display it fully. I tried drawing the layout on paper but it was difficult to apply and also tried to apply the actual alignment (font, text layout) but it did not work.

Is there any tips or software to support effective screen display layout? Thanks.
 
Gizmo

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Posted: 03:49am 20 Sep 2024
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Buttons or tabs on top/bottom to load different screens.

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palcal

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How many lines do you want to display, maybe give us a drawing on paper. By changing the font size you can get an awful lot on a 2.8" screen.
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Mixtel90

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As Glenn says, don't attempt to display it all at once. Use a touch screen or hardware buttons to select pages or "page" up/down. You can get a lot of text on but it soon gets too small to read comfortably as tiny fonts are less detailed.
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Martin H.

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Here is an easy to read small (8x8) font that you can show on the display



' font_Carton
' Font type    : Full (96 Characters)
' Font size    : 8x8 pixels
' Memory usage : 768
' Source https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/
DefineFont #9
60200808
00000000 00000000 10101010 00100010 00482424 00000000 247E2400 00247E24
3C483E08 00107C12 1048A440 00044A24 32404830 003A444A 00100808 00000000
20201008 00081020 08081020 00201008 38541000 00001054 7C101000 00001010
00000000 20101000 7C000000 00000000 00000000 00101000 10080402 00804020
928A4438 003844A2 08081808 001C0808 0804423C 007E2010 1C08047E 003C4202
24140C04 00047E44 027C407E 003C4202 3C201008 003C4242 0804027E 00101010
3C42423C 003C4242 3C42423C 00100804 00101000 00101000 00101000 20101000
40300C00 00000C30 007E0000 0000007E 020C3000 0000300C 0C02423C 00100010
AA9A4438 003C40BC 44282810 0082447C 7C42427C 007C4242 8080423C 003C4280
42424478 00784442 7840407E 007E4040 7840407E 00404040 8E80423C 003A4682
7E424242 00424242 10101038 00381010 02020202 00384442 60504844 00444850
40404040 007E4040 AAAAC6C6 00829292 52526262 00464A4A 82824438 00384482
7C42427C 00404040 82824438 023A448A 7C42427C 00424448 3C40423C 003C4202
101010FE 00101010 82828282 00384482 44448282 00102828 54828282 00282854
10284482 00824428 28448282 00101010 1008047E 007E4020 20202038 00382020
10204080 00020408 08080838 00380808 44282810 00000000 00000000 FF000000
7C20221C 007E2020 023C0000 003E423E 625C4040 007C4242 423C0000 003E4040
463A0202 003E4242 423C0000 003E407E 7C10100E 00101010 423E0000 3C023E42
625C4040 00424242 10300010 00181010 040C0004 38440404 4C424040 00424C70
10101030 00181010 92EC0000 00929292 625C0000 00424242 423C0000 003C4242
427C0000 40407C42 423E0000 02023E42 625C0000 00404040 403E0000 007C023C
107C1010 000E1010 42420000 003A4642 42420000 00182424 92820000 004444AA
24420000 00422418 42420000 60101824 047E0000 007E2018 6010100E 000E1010
10101010 00101010 06080870 00700808 92620000 0000008C A199423C 3C4299A1
End DefineFont

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