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over 1 year ago

FR645 and others since fw 7.20: major issues with custom fonts

ConnectIQ apps, watchfaces, widgets with custom fonts are failing and showing the IQ! symbol. See these topics for more information:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/324531/major-issues-with-custom-fonts-after-latest-device-fw-updates

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/324099/forerunner-645-firmware-7-20-errors

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-645-645-m/324599/iq-watch-face-broke-after-7-20-update/1574757#1574757

I'm seeing many reports of unhappy users with failing watchfaces. Please fix this as soon as possible Garmin. 

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  • over 1 year ago

    I can’t get into details about how we got where we are. It is an issue that affects both fr645m and edge130plus, but not other devices, and not the ConnectIQ simulator.

    The issue will occur when the height value of char 48 (‘0’) is larger than the base value.The base value is the measure from the baseline to the top of the tallest glyph in the glyph set, and the digit height is the height from the baseline to the top of the zero ‘0’ glyph.

    If you have hand edited .fnt files (often used for icons), the digit height and base value should probably just be equal. There is no descender for an icon, so making them equal makes sense.

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  • over 1 year ago

    I can’t get into details about how we got where we are. It is an issue that affects both fr645m and edge130plus, but not other devices, and not the ConnectIQ simulator.

    The issue will occur when the height value of char 48 (‘0’) is larger than the base value.The base value is the measure from the baseline to the top of the tallest glyph in the glyph set, and the digit height is the height from the baseline to the top of the zero ‘0’ glyph.

    If you have hand edited .fnt files (often used for icons), the digit height and base value should probably just be equal. There is no descender for an icon, so making them equal makes sense.

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