> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Harrison [SMTP:mike@WHITEWING.CO.UK]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:34 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [EE]: big letters on lcd
>=20
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 00:22:45 +0200, you wrote:
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> >Best Andre,
> >
> >You have by now recieved several good and clearifying answers, as I =
came
> back. Like you find, the letters need a bit of detail to be clear, =
and the
> special caracters mode would apply.=20
> >
> >My id=E9a is that you would need more special char's. than 8. But, =
you
> would have to REDEFINE these as you go-along.=20
> >The display doesn't change, once data is written into the RAM of the
> display.
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> You can't do this, as the CG RAM is used dynamically during display
> refresh. There is no bitmap display RAM - only the character buffer,
> which is passed through CG RAM or ROM in real time to generate the
> pixel patterns
> If you redefine a character that is currently onscreen, it will =
change
> immediately.=20
>=20
The way to do this is to define a set of generic "character drawing"
characters, such as, solid blocks and diagonaly split blocks to make
smoothish corners on the fonts.  It won't look overly special, but it =
will
work.

Mike

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