kingwho/guilitetoolkit

GuiLite Toolkit - Build Font/Bitmap resource

GuiLiteToolkit is 200 lines code for building font lattice & bitmap of GuiLite.

How to build font lattice?

Step 1: Input the charaters you need.

Step 2: Choose font type you want.

Step 3: Generate CPP files.

Step 4: Add CPP files to your APP project.

How to input charaters in your APP?

It works with unicode(UTF-8), will help your APP support all languages and symbols all over the world.

For Linux Gcc - input unicode charaters directly

e.g: char* my_string = "abc你好"

For Windows Visual studio

• For ascii code: input directly.
• For 2 bytes code or above, input charaters in code(e.g: char* my_string = "abc你好" => char* my_string = "abc \xE4\xBD\xA0\xE5\xA5\xBD")
• How to get utf-8 code of chinese? Visit the websites below:
  • Chinese website
  • English website

Sample Code

Link to HelloFont

How to build bitmap?

Step 1: Import 24 bits bitmap.

Step 2: Generate CPP files.

Step 3: Add CPP files to your APP project.

Know issue

1. Letter lattice is all black.

• Because of DC error, the letter could not be display correctly, so the lattice would be wrong. The workaround is running GuiLiteToolkit in Visual Studio debug mode.