Larger font sizes!

[benj3737]

HUGE font sizes please! It's silly to say, but this is the only reason I'm still doing all my work on TOUCHOSC

[Macciza]

Hi
This is on the list already, and will get updated at some point.

For me there are far too many other things that Lemur does, that TO simply can't do . . .

Also

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Cheers
MM

[Phil999]

nice, you've done the entire alphabet.

[Macciza]

Thanks
There is more to come, just need to think through the best implementations . . .
Not sure whether to go programmatic with hex conversion or just use saved arrays . . .
There are pros and cons to either approach - so maybe both are relevant in different cases . . .
The pic features 7x7, 8x8, and 16x16 fonts(using Pads and Leds) .. . .
There are also a few other experiments that expand on this concept further . . .
Thinking maybe a libChar module . . .
Cheers
MM

[benj3737]

wow, that's rad. Kudos to your ingenuity
But it hurts my head to think about dynamically updating labels made that way. I think I'll stick to TouchOSC for now

[joebataz]

I'm finally WAY around this issue!!!

Pads were driving me NUTS, the text was not quickly readable because it was too small. I just couldn't see them in the low light of a DJ booth and even under ideal conditions I was missing cues.
Not anymore.....
I found this tip in a post and since I'm fairly comfortable with editing .jzml files in an editor I've been doing this;

Here is the beginning of a Pads definition:
<WINDOW class="Pads" text="BlackOuts" x="654" y="389" width="360" height="149" id="4" state="1" group="0" font="tahoma,12,0"............

Notice the text attribute "tahoma, 12, 0". I just changed it to "tahoma, 16, 0" and viola, readable text!

As always not for the faint of heart and ALWAYS backing up first!!!! Until the Lemur developers can get around to a "real" feature in the Lemur editor this works and I'm a very happy camper EXCEPT for <see my latest post>

HTH,

joeb

[Macciza]

Hi

The aim is that they will be modules that are addressed pretty much like any object
The 3*Numbers one is used just like a Monitor so it should fit right in

The central idea actually open up a lot of interesting ideas on Lemur . . .
And yes the text edit approach works and I also believe the matter is being looked by the devs . .
MM

[joebataz]

3*Numbers??????

What did I miss?

joeb

[Macciza]

Oh
Its a 3 digit LCD like you used to get on some gear with just 5x3 dots for the characters. . .
It has that 'retro' look . .

Guess I could post it as work in progress - just still deciding best way to implement for mega ease of use and neatness
Also how totally independent it should be? or whether i should tie it all together or both? How configurable? etc etc
At the moment it is still a slightly narrow use-case but that also raises points for consideration, discussion and decision.
But you would just drag it out as a module and you would use it similar to a Monitor . ..

Perhaps it would make a good 'workshop' topic? ?? I'll get back to you shortly on that one . . .

Cheers
MM

[joebataz]

Thanks Macciza. Just always looking for something new to play with....

:)

joeb