font question FreeSerif12pt7b

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LuLu100
 
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font question FreeSerif12pt7b

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Hi,

Hope you are doing well.
First of all i really think Adafruit is truly awesome. Your hw/sw libs/examples make using Adafruit hw incredibly easy. So thanks.

hw/sw setup
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- adafruit_itsybitsy_m4
- Adafruit TFT FeatherWing - 3.5" 480x320 Touchscreen for Feathers PRODUCT ID: 3651
- Adafruit HX8357 Library@^1.1.10
- Adafruit GFX

issue
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- the number 2 in the FreeSerif12pt7b font is much smaller then the other numeric chars. see attached picture. In the Date at the top of the screen the number 2 is too short compared to the other numbers in the date. The number 2 really looks like an oddball. Maybe it was skipped over when this font was created.

observation
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- the number 2 in the FreeSerif18pt7b is the same size as all the other numeric chars and looks just fine.

questions
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- is it possible for adafruit to increase the size of the number 2 in the FreeSerif12pt7b font?

Thank you,
Louie
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Re: font question FreeSerif12pt7b

Post by adafruit_support_carter »

Probably not, at least not easily. Those font files:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GF ... ster/Fonts
are generated from source font files and what you are seeing is probably an anomaly of the rendering for that specific font size and pitch. The other glyphs don't look exactly the same either. The 3 is a little below the 0, etc.

I think it's just the way it is unfortunately.

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