(Updated) I wrote the code below to understand better the appearance of all the fonts available via font() (which is a larger selection of fonts than the selection presented in the font picker):
--
-- Font Viewer
--
supportedOrientations(LANDSCAPE_ANY)
displayMode(STANDARD)
function setup()
fontName = {
"AcademyEngravedLetPlain",
"AmericanTypewriter-CondensedLight",
"AmericanTypewriter-Light",
"AmericanTypewriter",
"AmericanTypewriter-Condensed",
"AmericanTypewriter-Bold",
"AmericanTypewriter-CondensedBold",
-- "AppleColorEmoji", -- Interesting chars not in range 0-255
-- "AppleSDGothicNeo-Medium", -- For Korean chars
-- "AppleSDGothicNeo-Bold", -- As above
"ArialMT",
"Arial-ItalicMT",
"Arial-BoldMT",
"Arial-BoldItalicMT",
-- "ArialHebrew", -- For Hebrew chars
-- "ArialHebrew-Bold", -- For Hebrew chars
-- "BanglaSangamMN-Bold", -- Note: differs from in-app reference;
-- "BanglaSangamMN", -- and for Bangla chars
"Baskerville",
"Baskerville-Italic",
"Baskerville-SemiBold",
"Baskerville-SemiBoldItalic",
"Baskerville-Bold",
"Baskerville-BoldItalic",
"BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book", -- Not in picker
"BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-BookIta",
"BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Bold",
"BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Book",
"BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-BookIt",
"BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Bold",
"BodoniSvtyTwoSCITCTT-Book",
"BodoniOrnamentsITCTT",
"BradleyHandITCTT-Bold", -- Not in picker
"ChalkboardSE-Light", -- Not in picker
"ChalkboardSE-Regular",
"ChalkboardSE-Bold",
"Chalkduster", -- Not in picker
"Copperplate-Light",
"Copperplate",
"Copperplate-Bold",
"Courier",
"Courier-Oblique",
"Courier-Bold",
"Courier-BoldOblique",
"CourierNewPSMT",
"CourierNewPS-BoldMT",
"CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT",
"CourierNewPS-ItalicMT",
"DBLCDTempBlack", -- Not in picker
-- "DevanagariSangamMN", -- For Devanagari chars
-- "DevanagariSangamMN-Bold", -- As above
"Didot",
"Didot-Italic",
"Didot-Bold",
-- "EuphemiaUCAS", -- For Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
-- "EuphemiaUCAS-Italic", -- As above
-- "EuphemiaUCAS-Bold", -- As above
"Futura-Medium",
"Futura-MediumItalic",
"Futura-CondensedMedium",
"Futura-CondensedExtraBold",
-- "GeezaPro", -- For Arabic chars
-- "GeezaPro-Bold", -- As above
"Georgia",
"Georgia-Italic",
"Georgia-Bold",
"Georgia-BoldItalic",
"GillSans-Light",
"GillSans-LightItalic",
"GillSans",
"GillSans-Italic",
"GillSans-Bold",
"GillSans-BoldItalic",
-- "GujaratiSangamMN", -- For Gujarati chars
-- "GujaratiSangamMN-Bold", -- For Gujarati chars
-- "GurmukhiMN", -- For Gurmukhi chars
-- "GurmukhiMN-Bold", -- For Gurmukhi chars
-- "STHeitiSC-Light", -- For Chinese chars
-- "STHeitiSC-Medium", -- For Chinese chars
-- "STHeitiTC-Light", -- For Chinese chars
-- "STHeitiTC-Medium", -- For Chinese chars
"Helvetica-Light",
"Helvetica-LightOblique",
"Helvetica",
"Helvetica-Oblique",
"Helvetica-Bold",
"Helvetica-BoldOblique",
"HelveticaNeue-UltraLight",
"HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItalic",
"HelveticaNeue-Light",
"HelveticaNeue-LightItalic",
"HelveticaNeue",
"HelveticaNeue-Italic",
"HelveticaNeue-Medium",
"HelveticaNeue-Bold",
"HelveticaNeue-BoldItalic",
"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold",
"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack",
-- "HiraKakuProN-W3", -- For Japanese chars
-- "HiraKakuProN-W6", -- For Japanese chars
-- "HiraMinProN-W3", -- For Japanese chars
-- "HiraMinProN-W6", -- For Japanese chars
"HoeflerText-Regular",
"HoeflerText-Italic",
"HoeflerText-Black",
"HoeflerText-BlackItalic",
"Inconsolata",
-- "Kailasa", -- For Tibetan chars
-- "Kailasa-Bold", -- For Tibetan chars
-- "KannadaSangamMN", -- For Kannada chars
-- "KannadaSangamMN-Bold", -- For Kannada chars
-- "MalayalamSangamMN", -- For Malayalam chars
-- "MalayalamSangamMN-Bold", -- For Malayalam chars
"Marion-Regular",
"Marion-Italic",
"Marion-Bold",
"MarkerFelt-Thin",
"MarkerFelt-Wide",
"Noteworthy-Light",
"Noteworthy-Bold",
"Optima-Italic",
"Optima-Regular",
"Optima-Bold",
"Optima-BoldItalic",
"Optima-ExtraBlack",
-- "OriyaSangamMN", -- For Oriya chars
-- "OriyaSangamMN-Bold", -- For Oriya chars
"Palatino-Roman",
"Palatino-Italic",
"Palatino-Bold",
"Palatino-BoldItalic",
"Papyrus",
"Papyrus-Condensed",
"PartyLetPlain", -- Not in picker
-- "SinhalaSangamMN", -- For Sinhala chars
-- "SinhalaSangamMN-Bold", -- For Sinhala chars
"SnellRoundhand",
"SnellRoundhand-Bold",
"SnellRoundhand-Black",
-- "TamilSangamMN", -- For Tamil chars
-- "TamilSangamMN-Bold", -- For Tamil chars
-- "TeluguSangamMN", -- For Telugu chars
-- "TeluguSangamMN-Bold", -- For Telugu chars
-- "Thonburi", -- For Thai characters
-- "Thonburi-Bold", -- For Thai characters
"TimesNewRomanPSMT",
"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT",
"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",
"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT",
"TrebuchetMS", -- Not in picker
"TrebuchetMS-Italic",
"TrebuchetMS-Bold",
"Trebuchet-BoldItalic", -- Note: differs from in-app reference
"Verdana",
"Verdana-Italic",
"Verdana-Bold",
"Verdana-BoldItalic",
-- "ZapfDingbatsITC", -- Interesting chars not in range 0-255
"Zapfino"
}
-- Easier to select than from a single slider:
iparameter("Block", 0, math.floor(#fontName / 10))
iparameter("Index", 0, 9, 1)
textMode(CENTER)
end
function draw()
local fontIndex = math.max(1,
math.min(Block * 10 + Index, #fontName))
local size
if fontName[fontIndex] == "Zapfino" then
size = 32 -- Zapfino is unusually large
else
size = 52
end
background(38, 93, 85)
fontSize(18)
font("Inconsolata")
fill(255)
local title = fontIndex..": "..fontName[fontIndex]
title = title.." (size: "..size..")"
text(title, WIDTH/2, HEIGHT - 10)
fontSize(size)
font(fontName[fontIndex])
for j = 0, 11 do
for i = 0, 7 do
local char = string.char(32 + j * 8 + i)
local x = WIDTH * (i/8 + 1/16)
local y = (HEIGHT - 50) * ((11 - j)/12 + 1/24) + 10
text(char, x, y)
end
end
end
Running this code raises some questions about text() for some of the fonts.