chamilad / lv_lib_freetype

Interface to FreeType to generate font bitmaps run time

lv_freetype

Interface to FreeType to generate font bitmaps run time

Install FreeType

• Download Freetype from here
• make
• sudo make install

Add FreeType to your project

• Add include path: /usr/include/freetype2 (for GCC: -I/usr/include/freetype2 -L/usr/local/lib)
• Add library: freetype (for GCC: -L/usr/local/lib -lfreetype)

Usage in LittlevGL

    lv_freetype_init();

    static lv_font_t font1;
    lv_freetype_font_init(&font1, "./lv_freetype/arial.ttf", 32);

    static  lv_style_t ft_style;
    lv_style_copy(&ft_style,  &lv_style_plain);

    ft_style.text.font = &font1;
    lv_obj_t * label = lv_label_create(lv_scr_act(), NULL);
    lv_label_set_style(label, LV_LABEL_STYLE_MAIN, &ft_style);
    lv_label_set_text(label, "Hello word");

Learn more

• FreeType tutorial
• LittlevGL's font interface