> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Sean Alcorn
> Sent: 06 October 2009 10:49
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] LCD text to JPG tool?
> 
> 
> On 06/10/2009, at 20:36 , Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
> > Behalf
> >> Of Sean Alcorn
> >> Sent: 05 October 2009 19:40
> >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> >> Subject: Re: [OT] LCD text to JPG tool?
> >>
> >> Hi Fred,
> >>
> >> Is a font any use to you?
> >>
> >> http://www.dafont.com/lcddot.font
> >>
> >> It's free, but you could credit the author.
> >>
> >
> > One problem with this (and many other LCD-like fonts) is that they
> > have
> > descenders on characters (e.g. on 'y' and 'g' ) where standard 5x8
> > LCD's
> > do not support this, so they aren't very realistic.
> 
> For the purposes of a manual, I would have said it was good enough.
> 
> >  The font on Tom
> > McGahee's web site as linked by Bob emulates the 5x8 LCD characters
> > correctly.
> 
> Even better - but aren't we talking about 5x7 characters here?

The characters themselves are 5x7, but the LCDs are 5x8 so you can fit
an underscore 'cursor' underneath a character.

Regards

Mike

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