BUG - Scalable fonts incorrect size on F265/F265s/F965/Venu3/Venu3s

The font returned from Graphics.getVectorFont() is way too large on the F265/F265s/F965/Venu3/Venu3s.

This is what it should look like on all watches:

Venu3:

Related bug in the simulator: forums.garmin.com/.../simulator-bug-with-scalable-fonts

Which font(s) are you using? are you specifying more that one for face=> ? Could it be the same fonts aren't available in the sim/real devices for each target?

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Given they are scalable, the font shouldn't matter, the size should be correct on all devices. Otherwise, what is the point of having scalable fonts?

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

In the sim the font is BionicBold on both watches, but as can be seen, the fonts are clearly different on the real watch (Venu3). So that's yet another bug.

RoWe over 1 year ago

I found out, that we have 2 variants of sizes on getvectorfonts, so I implemented a correction factor when needed

The group with smaller size is

d2mach1
epix2
epix2pro42mm
epix2pro47mm
epix2pro51mm
fenix7
fenix7pro
fenix7s
fenix7spro
fenix7x
fenix7xpro
marq2
marq2aviator

and the other group with bigger size is

fr265
fr265s
fr955
fr965
venu3
venu3s

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to RoWe

I've had to do the same for non-scalable fonts. It seem the fonts are not correctly sized on these watches regardless of the font used.

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to RoWe

It looks like the bigger size font watches are returning a font that is twice the size requested (at least on the sim. the factor appears different on the actual devices).

I'm unwilling to compensate for this bug because if/when Garmin fixes this, my apps will look bad until I can update them. I'd rather just wait for them to fix this glaring bug.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to pstoppani

The sizes for native fonts are not set by the CIQ group. They are set by the group that does the watch.

Look at something like the FONT_NUMBER_HOT in the sim for the f3,f5, and f6

Been that way since CIQ started.

If you look at the simulator.json file for the venu3, you'll see it doesn't support BionicBold, while you'll see it for others like the fr265/965

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

And yet, on the sim, it does support BionicBold scalable font on the Venu3. Yet another scalable font bug...

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to pstoppani

The sim seems to allow any valid name for a scaleable font, even if a device doesn't have it

pstoppani over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Scalable fonts are a bit of a mess. In the attached, notice that the "c" and "d" are rendered incorrectly (roughly 2x too big):

Also, notice that the fonts are not all of size 16 pixels which is what the app is requesting.

This is from the sample TrueTypeFonts app. This app clearly shows the issues which tells me no one at Garmin actually ran it on the "bigger font" devices (265 in this example.