Text in circular shape

Former Member over 10 years ago

Hi,

Is it possible to display text that follows a curved line like say a circle with coding so not bitmapped ?
Now I'm using a dc.drawText command but that is only horizontally.

Kind regards,

Dirkvd001

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ftrimboli over 6 years ago in reply to PlayItLoud +6

Here's a quick proof of concept.
Former Member over 10 years ago +3

You can't rotate the letters, but you can do this:

A sample of the code I used:

function onUpdate(dc) {
dc.setColor(Gfx.COLOR_BLUE, Gfx.COLOR_BLACK);

//Draw line
var offset = 70;…
Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to ftrimboli +3

What's the point of a proof of concept without sharing an explanation? Even the gif could be fake.

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Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

As far as the face mentioned by jim_m_58, the developer himself says in a reply to a review of his Curved 2 face that he's doing it using fonts.

Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to ftrimboli

What's the point of a proof of concept without sharing an explanation? Even the gif could be fake.

kemppaij over 5 years ago

Any progress in this? Any solutions to share

li2niu over 3 years ago in reply to kemppaij

forums.garmin.com/.../my-technique-for-anti-aliased-animation-and-bitmaps