From e7c2fdf7d56b39d170d64aad5215fbae7ebc49b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Hinch Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:03:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README links added --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9f037eb..69a93fb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ # micropython-font-to-py This is currently a work in progress. This document specifies a forthcoming -module. +module. Compared to my previous implementations this has the following aims: + + * Independence of specific display hardware + * The path from font file to Python code to be fully open source. # Rationale @@ -76,6 +79,16 @@ from myfont import myfont The ``myfont`` instance will then be used by the device driver to render strings on demand. +# Dependencies, links and licence + +The code is released under the MIT licence. + +The module relies on [Freetype](https://www.freetype.org/) which is included in most Linux distributions. +It uses the [Freetype Python bindings](http://freetype-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) +which will need to be installed. +My solution draws on the excellent example code written by Daniel Bader. This +may be viewed [here](https://dbader.org/blog/monochrome-font-rendering-with-freetype-and-python) and [here](https://gist.github.com/dbader/5488053). + # Implementation This section of the README is intended for writers of device drivers.