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Oddly enough [or just plain spooky] I was playing with fonts myself last few days - with limited success, which leads me to one simple conclusion, I'm missing something really obvious.

In my case, wanted to add LCD type display for certain numerics, added font to fonts directory [in this case DefaultWideHD - new default to replace Titan in 1.13 onwards], added font and correct sizing to match sizes in font itself in fonts.xml, updated relevant XML [simple label display created as test case in Home Screen] and cleared cache [which includes fonts]. That worked, but using another font didn't, can't work out why Not a major issue for me happily

Re-imagemagic - nope, in Photoshop that's the Magic Wand tool - selection tool for similar levels of colour [might useful]. ImageMagik is totally separate software package.

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php - and lots if examples - http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/

Example:

convert -size 1024x1024 xc:none -fill white \
-draw "roundRectangle 150,350 500,650 30,30" \
-draw "polygon 300,512 600,800 600,200" \
-draw "ellipse 600,512 200,200 -80,80" \
sh1.png

Just run this a command line [I use Cygwin Unix style shell - Unix mutt of old].

[ATTACH]171868[/ATTACH]

[to make it visible, actual code I used xc:blue - in the example code the background is transparent {which means it must be saved as png]

Final image I actually use is

[ATTACH]171867[/ATTACH]

So more complex scripting is applied to create and mask the mesh, add border, create highlights and then composite it all into one.

Cheers - JCMP

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[QUOTE="JimCatMP, post: 1161187, member: 103549"] This is 'talk forum' so it fits:) Oddly enough [or just plain spooky] I was playing with fonts myself last few days - with limited success, which leads me to one simple conclusion, I'm missing something really obvious. In my case, wanted to add LCD type display for certain numerics, added font to fonts directory [in this case DefaultWideHD - new default to replace Titan in 1.13 onwards], added font and correct sizing to match sizes in font itself in fonts.xml, updated relevant XML [simple label display created as test case in Home Screen] and cleared cache [which includes fonts]. That worked, but using another font didn't, can't work out why:( Not a major issue for me happily(y) Re-imagemagic - nope, in Photoshop that's the Magic Wand tool - selection tool for similar levels of colour [might useful]. ImageMagik is totally separate software package. [URL]http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php[/URL] - and lots if examples - [URL]http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/[/URL] Example: convert -size 1024x1024 xc:none -fill white \ -draw "roundRectangle 150,350 500,650 30,30" \ -draw "polygon 300,512 600,800 600,200" \ -draw "ellipse 600,512 200,200 -80,80" \ sh1.png Just run this a command line [I use Cygwin Unix style shell - Unix mutt of old]. [ATTACH]171868[/ATTACH] [to make it visible, actual code I used xc:blue - in the example code the background is transparent {which means it must be saved as png] Final image I actually use is [ATTACH]171867[/ATTACH] So more complex scripting is applied to create and mask the mesh, add border, create highlights and then composite it all into one. Cheers - JCMP [/QUOTE]