Fonts differences

Former Member over 10 years ago

There's a difference in fonts between:
- simulator and 920xt device
- simultaor fenix 3, vivoactive and epix

I'm working on a watch face that will be compatible with all four devices. I'm using different fonts:

bigFont = Gfx.FONT_NUMBER_MILD;

		smallFont = Gfx.FONT_LARGE;

On 920 in simulator bigFont is bigger, on device it's smaller than small font.
On simulator in vivoactive bigFont is bigger, in simulator fenix 3 is smaller than small font. I would expect the same result on fenix 3, vivoactive and epix, since documentation states they have the same fonts.

Can differences in 920 between simulator and device be fixed?
Can someone explain differences I see in simulator with other devices?

Thanks.

Kyle.ConnectIQ over 10 years ago

For the 920 issue the fix is available if you don't mind editing your devices.xml file. See https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?189350-920xt-Simulator-Device-Difference for instructions.

For the other devices, while they have the same font it's possible that one device matches size 17 to small while a second device matches size 19 to small. That being said I just received a bug report that the vivoactive number fonts are actually too big on the simulator, which is the issue you're seeing here. Unfortunately for this to be fixed we need to include additional font data, so a simple change in devices.xml won't work in this case.

Former Member over 10 years ago

Thanks.