5. M5Stack Core2, How to load Custom Font?

M5Stack Core2, How to load Custom Font?

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    I was reading: https://community.m5stack.com/topic/388/cahnge-font-size-in-python/ on how to load custom font on my Core2 Board and tried to do it myself.

    Given font file in .ttf format, I've generated 2 files: in .c and .bin format using the following online tool: https://lvgl.io/tools/font_conv_v5_3

    Then, I moved them to my Core2 Board and tried to use the new font like this (I'm working with MicroPython):

    from m5stack import *
from m5stack_ui import *
from uiflow import *
from valera import *

screen = M5Screen()
screen.clean_screen()
screen.set_screen_bg_color(0xFFFFFF)


label0 = M5Label('Hi', x=149, y=86, color=0x000, parent=None)
lcd.compileFont("./valera.c")
lcd.font("./valera.c")

    But, every time I run the above code the program crashes and causes a restart to the device.
    Any suggestions on what could be the problem here?

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  • What crash is it, what the error message?

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    I'm not seeing any error message, the device just restarts.
    I've tried to use the following code instead (without calling lcd.font):

    lcd.compileFont("./valera.c")
label0 = M5Label('Hi', x=149, y=86, color=0x000, font=valera.fon, parent=None)

    While it doesn't cause restart the font isn't working (I've tried to search the generated files and compileFont doesn't seem to produce any .fon file, which shouldn't be the case)

    Side Note: my input .c file is less than 100 KB in size, as larger files caused crashes according to the comments in previous posts.

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