Bitmap font creation procedure by LWUIT

[sreeNarayana]

hi,

I am new to LWUIT. Please help me to create Telugu (Gautami) Bitmap font. At least tell me general procedure to create Bitmap with LWUIT. I found that It can be created by using Resource Editor. I downloaded Lwuit 1.5. I have tried many options on font tab to create Bitmap. In my system I already have Gautami font also. It is displaying in Font family selection box. When I save the file , just it creates Resource file(.res). What is the next step?

[r2j7]

Hello sreeNarayana,

in case there is no response from the experts on this forum you might want to try asking about the issue on LWUIT's discussion forums: http://www.java.net/forums/mobile-embedded/lwuit

Regards,
r2j7

[skalogir]

Hi sreeNarayana,

Assuming that you created a .res file with Resource Editor, you need to set the font of the style of a component (such as a Label) to your custom font. Here is a sample code:

import com.sun.lwuit.Display;
import com.sun.lwuit.Font;
import com.sun.lwuit.Form;
import com.sun.lwuit.Label;
import com.sun.lwuit.layouts.BorderLayout;
import com.sun.lwuit.plaf.Style;
import com.sun.lwuit.util.Resources;
public class LWUITfonts extends javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet 
{
	public void startApp() 
	{
		Resources r = null;
		Display.init(this);
		try 
		{
			//Open your resource font
			r = Resources.open("/myfont.res");
			//get the Font object. Name should be the same as the one defined in Resource Editor
			Font myfont=r.getFont("NameGivenInResourceEditor");
			
			Form f = new Form();
			Label mylabel=new Label("Hello");
			//Set the style of this component to your custom style
			mylabel.getStyle().setFont(myfont);
			
		        
			f.setTitle("Hello World");
			f.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
			f.addComponent("Center", mylabel);
			f.show();
		} catch (java.io.IOException e) {}

	}
	public void pauseApp() {}
	public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {}
}

Make sure that the .res file is located in the resource folder of your working project.

[petrib]

See also http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...e_custom_fonts